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

The men's 200-metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all swum in the butterfly stroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualified for the A final (where the medals were awarded), while the next best eight swimmers advanced to the B final.
On July 16, it was reported that Mauricio Fiol of Peru tested positive for stanozolol with the likely to be stripped of his medal. On July 23 the PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and had to forfeit his medal.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Kaio de Almeida (BRA) | 1:55.45 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 14 July | A Final | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.01 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two athletes, provided they met the A standard (2:01.39) during the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete, provided they met the B standard (2:08.67) during the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes qualified through universality spots.

## 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 14.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 1:56.81 | QA, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:58.44 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Bobby Bollier | United States | 1:58.61 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Alec Page | Canada | 1:58.82 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Marcos Lavado | Venezuela | 1:59.08 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 1:59.24 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Zack Chetrat | Canada | 1:59.39 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Andrew Torres | Puerto Rico | 1:59.83 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Long Yuan Gutierrez | Mexico | 2:00.30 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Esnaider Reales | Colombia | 2:01.19 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Andres Montoya | Colombia | 2:01.73 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Lazaro Vergara | Cuba | 2:02.43 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Ty Stewart | United States | 2:02.68 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Jose Martinez | Mexico | 2:03.15 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Maximiliano Abreu | Paraguay | 2:05.61 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 2:07.90 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Aldo Castillo | Bolivia | 2:12.77 | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 14.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Long Yuan Gutierrez | Mexico | 2:00.09 |
| 10 | 5 | Esnaider Reales | Colombia | 2:00.79 |
| 11 | 3 | Andres Montoya | Colombia | 2:00.93 |
| 12 | 6 | Lazaro Vergara | Cuba | 2:02.30 |
| 13 | 7 | Jose Martinez | Mexico | 2:02.39 |
| 14 | 2 | Ty Stewart | United States | 2:02.59 |
| 15 | 1 | Maximiliano Abreu | Paraguay | 2:06.91 |
| 16 | 8 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 2:09.74 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 14.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.01 | GR |
| | 1 | Zack Chetrat | Canada | 1:56.90 | NR |
| | 6 | Alec Page | Canada | 1:58.01 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 1:58.51 | |
| 5 | 8 | Andrew Torres | Puerto Rico | 1:59.37 | |
| 6 | 2 | Marcos Lavado | Venezuela | 1:59.59 | |
| 7 | 3 | Bobby Bollier | United States | 1:59.89 | |
| DQ | 4 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 1:55.15 | NR |