# Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on August 10, 2019, at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 |
| Pan American Games record | Henrique Rodrigues (BRA) | 1:57.06 | Toronto, Canada | July 18, 2015 |

## Results

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

### Heats

The first round will be held on August 10.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Will Licon | United States | 2:00.97 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 2:02.48 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | José Martínez Gómez | Mexico | 2:02.54 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Tomas Peribonio | Ecuador | 2:02.67 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 2:02.74 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 2:03.33 | QA |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:03.33 | QA, NR |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Bernhard Christianson | Panama | 2:04.00 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 2:04.06 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | 2:04.30 | WD |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Erick Gordillo Guzman | Guatemala | 2:06.06 | QB, NR |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:06.17 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:06.43 | WD |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Miguel Ángel Cancel | Puerto Rico | 2:06.52 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Luis Vega Torres | Cuba | 2:07.11 | QB |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 2:07.15 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Manuel Osorio Moran | Chile | 2:07.38 | QB, NR |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Julio Horrego | Honduras | 2:07.78 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Jose Neumann Doig | Peru | 2:08.22 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Michael Gunning | Jamaica | 2:08.52 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 2:09.48 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Matías López | Paraguay | 2:09.64 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Christian Martinelli | Peru | 2:10.38 | QB |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Luis Weekes | Barbados | 2:17.60 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on August 10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 6 | Miguel Ángel Cancel | Puerto Rico | 2:04.81 | |
| 10 | 5 | Erick Gordillo Guzman | Guatemala | 2:05.99 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:06.19 | |
| 12 | 7 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 2:06.90 | |
| 13 | 1 | Manuel Osorio Moran | Chile | 2:07.44 | |
| 14 | 2 | Luis Vega Torres | Cuba | 2:07.91 | |
| 15 | 8 | Christian Martinelli | Peru | 2:11.81 | |
| | 4 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | DSQ | |

### Final A

The A final was also held on August 10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Will Licon | United States | 1:59.13 |
| | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 2:00.12 |
| | 2 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 2:00.29 |
| 4 | 6 | Tomas Peribonio | Ecuador | 2:01.25 |
| 5 | 3 | José Martínez Gómez | Mexico | 2:02.09 |
| 6 | 8 | Bernhard Christianson | Panama | 2:03.28 |
| 7 | 7 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 2:04.23 |
| 8 | 1 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:06.21 |