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

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]

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2014 South American Games
VenueEstadio Nacional
DatesMarch 9, 2014 (heats &
finals)
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time2:00.29
Medalists
gold medal    Brazil
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    Venezuela
← 2010
2018 →

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  Ryan Lochte (USA)1:54.00Shanghai, ChinaJuly 28, 2011
South American Games record  Thiago Pereira (BRA)2:03.16Medellín, ColombiaMarch 28, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on March 9, at 11:47.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Carlos Claverie  Venezuela2:07.09Q
224Thiago Simon  Brazil2:08.62Q
314Thiago Pereira  Brazil2:09.00Q
413Guido Buscaglia  Argentina2:09.56Q
515Juan Pablo Botero  Colombia2:11.14Q
623Matías López  Paraguay2:11.60Q
712Felipe Quiroz Uteau  Chile2:11.71Q
816Andrew Rutherfurd  Bolivia2:11.93Q
926Enrique Duran Garcia Bedoya  Peru2:12.10
1021Wayne Denswil  Suriname2:12.68
1122Carlos Polit Carvajal  Ecuador2:14.67
1217Eduardo Opazo Rojas  Chile2:16.30
1327Byron Franco Zambrano  Ecuador2:22.34

Final

The final was held on March 9, at 19:16.[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Thiago Pereira  Brazil2:00.09CR
5Thiago Simon  Brazil2:02.80
4Carlos Claverie  Venezuela2:05.77
47Matías López  Paraguay2:06.26NR
52Juan Pablo Botero  Colombia2:09.29
68Andrew Rutherfurd  Bolivia2:10.81NR
76Guido Buscaglia  Argentina2:10.89
81Felipe Quiroz Uteau  Chile2:11.71

References