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 record		1:54.00	Shanghai, China	July 28, 2011
South American Games record		2:03.16	Medellín, Colombia	March 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 Simon		2:08.62	Q
3	1	4	Thiago Pereira		2:09.00	Q
4	1	3	Guido Buscaglia		2:09.56	Q
5	1	5	Juan Pablo Botero		2:11.14	Q
6	2	3	Matías López		2:11.60	Q
7	1	2	Felipe Quiroz Uteau		2:11.71	Q
8	1	6	Andrew Rutherfurd		2:11.93	Q
9	2	6	Enrique Duran Garcia Bedoya		2:12.10
10	2	1	Wayne Denswil		2:12.68
11	2	2	Carlos Polit Carvajal		2:14.67
12	1	7	Eduardo Opazo Rojas		2:16.30
13	2	7	Byron Franco Zambrano		2:22.34

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 López		2:06.26	NR
5	2	Juan Pablo Botero		2:09.29
6	8	Andrew Rutherfurd		2:10.81	NR
7	6	Guido Buscaglia		2:10.89
8	1	Felipe Quiroz Uteau		2:11.71

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.