# Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 2:07.31 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Kyle Salyards (USA) | 2:13.37 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 14, 2003 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:21.7) 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 (2:26.0) in the same qualifying period.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Sean Mahoney | United States | 2:14.20 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Clark Burckle | United States | 2:15.76 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:16.06 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:17.15 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 2:17.36 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ashton Baumann | Canada | 2:18.59 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Tales Cerdeira | Brazil | 2:20.30 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Eladio Carrión | Puerto Rico | 2:20.78 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 2:20.92 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | David Oliver | Mexico | 2:23.08 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Lucas Peralta | Argentina | 2:24.04 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:24.51 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:26.69 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Juan Alberto Guerra | El Salvador | 2:26.95 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Gerardo Huidobro | Peru | 2:27.78 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Christian Hernandez | Cuba | 2:28.25 | QB |
| | 3 | 2 | Leopoldo Andara | Venezuela | | DSQ |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 2:20.18 |
| 10 | 5 | David Oliver | Mexico | 2:20.54 |
| 11 | 1 | Gerardo Huidobro | Peru | 2:23.51 |
| 12 | 3 | Lucas Peralta | Argentina | 2:26.13 |
| 13 | 2 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:27.10 |
| 14 | 6 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:27.43 |
| 15 | 8 | Christian Hernandez | Cuba | 2:27.76 |
| 16 | 7 | Juan Alberto Guerra | El Salvador | 2:29.15 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sean Mahoney | United States | 2:11.62 | GR |
| | 5 | Clark Burckle | United States | 2:12.60 | |
| | 6 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:13.58 | |
| 4 | 2 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 2:16.87 | |
| 5 | 1 | Tales Cerdeira | Brazil | 2:17.84 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:18.13 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ashton Baumann | Canada | 2:19.54 | |
| 8 | 8 | Eladio Carrión | Puerto Rico | 2:20.31 | |