Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:2014 South American Games
Venue:Estadio Nacional
Dates:March 9, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:13
Nations:9
Win Value:2:00.29
Gold:Thiago Pereira
Goldnoc:BRA
Silver:Thiago Simon
Silvernoc:BRA
Bronze:Carlos Claverie
Bronzenoc:VEN
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 9 at the Estadio Nacional.[1] [2] The last champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[4]

Records

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

World record1:54.00Shanghai, ChinaJuly 28, 2011
South American Games record2:03.16Medellín, ColombiaMarch 28, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on March 9, at 11:47.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 2:07.09 Q
2 2 4 Thiago Simon2:08.62 Q
3 1 4 Thiago Pereira2:09.00 Q
4 1 3 Guido Buscaglia2:09.56 Q
5 1 5 Juan Pablo Botero2:11.14 Q
6 2 3 Matías López2:11.60 Q
7 1 2 Felipe Quiroz Uteau2:11.71 Q
8 1 6 Andrew Rutherfurd2:11.93 Q
9 2 6 Enrique Duran Garcia Bedoya2:12.10
10 2 1 Wayne Denswil2:12.68
11 2 2 Carlos Polit Carvajal2:14.67
12 1 7 Eduardo Opazo Rojas2:16.30
13 2 7 Byron Franco Zambrano2:22.34

Final

The final was held on March 9, at 19:16.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 2:00.09 CR
5 2:02.80
4 2:05.77
4 7 Matías López2:06.26 NR
5 2 Juan Pablo Botero2:09.29
6 8 Andrew Rutherfurd2:10.81 NR
7 6 Guido Buscaglia2:10.89
8 1 Felipe Quiroz Uteau2:11.71

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley heats at 2014 South American Games . 2014 South American Games Official Site . March 9, 2014 . March 9, 2014.
  2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 South American Games . 2014 South American Games Official Site . March 9, 2014 . March 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310115733/http://info.santiago2014.cl/resSC2014/pdf/SC2014/SW/SC2014_SW_C73A1_SWM052301.pdf . March 10, 2014 .
  3. Web site: 2010 South American Games - Full Results . Best Swimming . March 9, 2014 . March 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308045202/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Resultados-Jogos-Sul-Americanos-Odesur-2010.pdf . March 8, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.