Competitors 20 from 15 nations Date 18 July 2015 | Winning time 1:57.06 | |
Dates July 18 (preliminaries and finals) Location Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Toronto, Canada Venue Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre | ||
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.
Contents
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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
The following new records were set during this competition.
Qualification
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.
Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
Heats
The first round was held on July 18.
B Final
The B final was also held on July 18.
A Final
The A final was also held on July 18.