Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200m Backstroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 14, 2003 (Day 13 of the Games). Brazil's Rogério Romero (33) added another gold in the 200 backstroke in 1:59.92. Romero first won this event in 1991 and a silver in 1995.

Medalists

Gold	Rogério Romero  Brazil
Silver	Luke Wagner  United States
Bronze	Joey Faltraco  United States

Records

World Record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:55.15	2002-03-20	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pan Am Record	Leonardo Costa (BRA)	1:59.33	1999-08-04	Winnipeg, Canada

Results

Place	Swimmer	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:04.58	4	1:59.92
2	Luke Wagner (USA)	2:02.13	1	2:00.74
3	Joey Faltraco (USA)	2:02.48	2	2:01.31
4	Nicholas Neckles (BAR)	2:05.47	7	2:04.30
5	Paulo Machado (BRA)	2:04.65	5	2:04.41
6	Sean Sepulis (CAN)	2:03.62	3	2:04.67
7	Diego Urreta (MEX)	2:05.36	6	2:05.08
8	Juan Rodela (MEX)	2:05.91	8	2:06.39
9	Nicholas Bovell (TRI)	2:06.83	9	2:05.22 NR
10	Bradley Ally (BAR)	2:08.70	11	2:06.23
11	Tobias Oriwol (CAN)	2:08.46	10	2:08.10
12	Andrew MacKay (CAY)	2:11.52	14	2:08.88
13	Carlos Canépa (PER)	2:09.39	12	2:10.17
14	Carlos Prudencio (BOL)	2:12.34	15	2:12.18
15	Kieran Locke (ISV)	2:12.85	17	2:12.21
16	Chris Backhaus (DOM)	2:14.27	18	2:13.47
17	Guillermo Cabrera (DOM)	2:11.21	13	DNS
18	Neisser Bent (CUB)	2:12.26	16	DNS

References

• 2003 Pan American Games Results: Day 13, CBC online; retrieved 2009-06-13.
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