Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 |
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| Pan American Games record | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 1:58.42 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 19, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Heats

The first round was held on October 21.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:01.14 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:03.53 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Rexford Tullius | United States | 2:03.82 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 2:03.89 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:05.12 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Pedro Medel | Cuba | 2:05.20 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Luis Rojas | Venezuela | 2:05.21 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 2:05.28 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:05.68 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Anival Rodriguez | Mexico | 2:10.65 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 2:11.75 | |

### Final A

The final was held on October 21.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:57.19 | GR, NR |
| | 4 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:58.31 | |
| | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:58.50 | |
| 4 | 3 | Rexford Tullius | United States | 1:59.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:03.28 | |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Rojas | Venezuela | 2:06.07 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:06.18 | |
| 8 | 7 | Pedro Medel | Cuba | 2:13.77 | |
