The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 7 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:51.92Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009South American Games record2:02.00Medellín, ColombiaMarch 26, 2010
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on March 7, at 11:56.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Leonardo de Deus 2:05.75 Q 2 1 5 David Céspedes 2:07.20 Q 3 1 4 Matías López Chaparro 2:07.70 Q 3 2 3 Agustín Hernandez 2:07.70 Q 5 2 5 Benjamin Hockin 2:08.33 Q 6 1 6 Eduardo Opazo Rojas 2:10.90 Q 7 2 2 Benjamin Quintanilla Arias 2:11.13 Q 8 2 6 Carlos Polit Carvajal 2:11.40 Q 9 1 3 Jesus Daniel Lopez 2:11.55 10 1 2 Jose Alberto Moreno 2:18.92
Final The final was held on March 7, at 20:34. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Leonardo de Deus 2:00.28 CR 6 Matías López Chaparro 2:02.43 NR 5 David Céspedes 2:04.12 4 3 Agustín Hernandez 2:05.48 5 2 Benjamin Hockin 2:06.22 6 7 Eduardo Opazo Rojas 2:10.10 7 1 Benjamin Quintanilla Arias 2:11.02 8 8 Carlos Polit Carvajal 2:12.00
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