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 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Silver	Luke Wagner File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze	Joey Faltraco File:Flag of the United States.svg 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	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:04.58	4	1:59.92
2	File:Flag of the United States.svg Luke Wagner (USA)	2:02.13	1	2:00.74
3	File:Flag of the United States.svg Joey Faltraco (USA)	2:02.48	2	2:01.31
4	File:Flag of Barbados.svg Nicholas Neckles (BAR)	2:05.47	7	2:04.30
5	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Machado (BRA)	2:04.65	5	2:04.41
6	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean Sepulis (CAN)	2:03.62	3	2:04.67
7	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Diego Urreta (MEX)	2:05.36	6	2:05.08
8	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Rodela (MEX)	2:05.91	8	2:06.39
9	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Nicholas Bovell (TRI)	2:06.83	9	2:05.22 NR
10	File:Flag of Barbados.svg Bradley Ally (BAR)	2:08.70	11	2:06.23
11	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tobias Oriwol (CAN)	2:08.46	10	2:08.10
12	File:Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Andrew MacKay (CAY)	2:11.52	14	2:08.88
13	File:Flag of Peru.svg Carlos Canépa (PER)	2:09.39	12	2:10.17
14	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Prudencio (BOL)	2:12.34	15	2:12.18
15	File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Kieran Locke (ISV)	2:12.85	17	2:12.21
16	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Chris Backhaus (DOM)	2:14.27	18	2:13.47
17	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Guillermo Cabrera (DOM)	2:11.21	13	DNS
18	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Neisser Bent (CUB)	2:12.26	16	DNS

References

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