The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the

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events at the

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took place on October 18 at the

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in the municipality of

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, near Guadalajara,

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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Matthew Owen of the United States This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle. At this race,

Benjamin Hockin Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swum international for both Great Britain and Paraguay (his father is British, his mother is Paraguayan). Hockin represented Great Britain at the 2008 ...

gave Paraguay its first medal in the history of swimming at the Pan American Games.

Records

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

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.6) 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 (1:54.7) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on October 18.

B Final

The B final was also held on October 18.

A Final

The A final was also held on October 18.

References

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