# Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 22, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | July 28, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | João de Lucca (BRA) | 1:46.42 | Toronto, Canada | July 15, 2015 |

## Results

| KEY: | QA | Qualified for A final | QB | Qualified for B final | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | WD | Withdrew |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 22.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Breno Correia | Brazil | 1:47.59 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Murilo Sartori | Brazil | 1:47.63 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:48.03 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Zane Grothe | United States | 1:48.17 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Coby Carrozza | United States | 1:49.10 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Alfonso Mestre | Venezuela | 1:49.33 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 1:49.51 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Jeremy Bagshaw | Canada | 1:49.74 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 1:50.28 | WD |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 1:50.49 | QA |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 1:50.52 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Joaquín Vargas | Peru | 1:51.18 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Nikoli Blackman | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:51.88 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:55.42 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | James Allison | Cayman Islands | 1:55.45 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Isaac Beitia | Panama | 1:55.68 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Gabriel Martinez | Honduras | 1:55.69 | QB |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Christopher Gossmann | Independent Athletes Team | 1:55.87 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Alberto Vega | Costa Rica | 1:56.27 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Gabriel Araya | Chile | 1:57.19 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Sam Williamson | Bermuda | 1:57.37 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Luke Thompson | Bahamas | 1:58.70 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Diego Aranda | Uruguay | 2:01.53 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Jose Campo | El Salvador | 2:03.46 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on October 22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Joaquín Vargas | Peru | 1:50.75 |
| 10 | 4 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 1:51.21 |
| 11 | 5 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 1:51.39 |
| 12 | 6 | Nikoli Blackman | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:52.92 |
| 13 | 7 | James Allison | Cayman Islands | 1:53.19 |
| 14 | 2 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:54.69 |
| 15 | 1 | Isaac Beitia | Panama | 1:56.17 |
| 16 | 8 | Gabriel Martinez | Honduras | 1:56.36 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on October 22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Coby Carrozza | United States | 1:47.37 |
| | 7 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 1:47.56 |
| | 5 | Murilo Sartori | Brazil | 1:47.95 |
| 4 | 3 | Zane Grothe | United States | 1:48.00 |
| 5 | 4 | Breno Correia | Brazil | 1:48.22 |
| 6 | 2 | Alfonso Mestre | Venezuela | 1:49.29 |
| 7 | 1 | Jeremy Bagshaw | Canada | 1:49.66 |
| 8 | 8 | Santiago Corredor | Colombia | 1:50.10 |