# Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Sean Mahoney of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:07.01 | Gifu, Japan | September 15, 2012 |
| Pan American Games record | Sean Mahoney (USA) | 2:11.62 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 18, 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 July | Heats | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:11.62 | =GR |
| 15 July | A Final | Thiago Simon | Brazil | 2:09.82 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:19.49) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:27.86) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round |
| July 15, 2015 | 10:44 | Heats |
| July 15, 2015 | 19:57 | Final B |
| July 15, 2015 | 20:04 | Final A |

## Results

| 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 July 15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:11.62 | QA, =GR, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Simon | Brazil | 2:12.05 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Richard Funk | Canada | 2:12.22 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | B.J. Johnson | United States | 2:12.81 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:12.89 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:12.97 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Miguel De Lara | Mexico | 2:13.79 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Carlos Mahecha | Colombia | 2:14.20 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Brad Craig | United States | 2:14.31 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Miguel Chavez | Mexico | 2:16.07 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:16.30 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Juan Sequera | Venezuela | 2:17.52 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Facundo Miguelena | Argentina | 2:17.67 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 2:18.13 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:19.03 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:20.40 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Julian Fletcher | Bermuda | 2:20.97 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Rafael Alfaro | El Salvador | 2:21.05 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Esteban Araya | Costa Rica | 2:24.88 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Gerardo Huidobro | Peru | 2:26.30 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 2:27.13 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 2:41.52 | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Brad Craig | United States | 2:14.04 |
| 10 | 5 | Miguel Chavez | Mexico | 2:15.19 |
| 11 | 3 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:15.31 |
| 12 | 6 | Juan Sequera | Venezuela | 2:17.23 |
| 13 | 2 | Facundo Miguelena | Argentina | 2:17.65 |
| 14 | 7 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 2:18.14 |
| 15 | 1 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:18.48 |
| 16 | 8 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:18.55 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Thiago Simon | Brazil | 2:09.82 | GR |
| | 3 | Richard Funk | Canada | 2:11.51 | |
| | 2 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:11.93 | |
| 4 | 6 | B.J. Johnson | United States | 2:12.19 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:12.71 | |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:13.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | Miguel De Lara | Mexico | 2:14.11 | |
| 8 | 8 | Carlos Mahecha | Colombia | 2:15.25 | |