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Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
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Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 20 from 15 nations
Winning time 1:57.06
Medalists
Gold medal    Brazil
Silver medal    Brazil
Bronze medal    United States
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The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

The following new records were set during this competition.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:14.93) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

The first round was held on July 18.

The B final was also held on July 18.

The A final was also held on July 18.


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