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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 25, 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 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 |
| Pan American Games record | Henrique Rodrigues (BRA) | 1:57.06 | 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 |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 25.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Collyn Gagne | Canada | 2:02.18 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Mason Laur | United States | 2:02.41 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Vinicius Lanza | Brazil | 2:02.44 | QA |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 2:02.45 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Leonardo Coelho | Brazil | 2:02.63 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Arsenio Bustos | United States | 2:02.77 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Erick Gordillo | Independent Athletes Team | 2:02.93 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Joaquín González Piñero | Argentina | 2:03.05 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Peribonio | Ecuador | 2:03.32 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:03.47 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:03.76 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Héctor Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 2:04.59 | QB |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | José Ángel Martínez | Mexico | 2:04.88 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Tyler Christianson | Panama | 2:06.25 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Juan García | Colombia | 2:06.66 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Esteban Nuñez del Prado | Bolivia | 2:07.39 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Maximillian Wilson | Virgin Islands | 2:07.75 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Manuel Osorio | Chile | 2:08.50 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Winston Rodriguez | Venezuela | 2:08.82 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Matheo Mateos | Barbados | 2:09.61 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Vicente Villanueva | Chile | 2:10.00 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Sam Williamson | Bermuda | 2:10.51 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Zackary Gresham | Grenada | 2:12.50 | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Emmanuel Gadson | Bahamas | 2:12.56 | |
| 25 | 1 | 4 | José Manuel Campo | El Salvador | 2:21.87 | |
| — | 2 | 7 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | DNS | |
| — | 2 | 2 | Roberto Bonilla | Independent Athletes Team | DNS | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on October 25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Tomas Peribonio | Ecuador | 2:02.40 |
| 10 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:03.36 |
| 11 | 6 | Hector Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 2:03.82 |
| 12 | 7 | Tyler Christianson | Panama | 2:04.32 |
| 13 | 1 | Juan García | Colombia | 2:05.86 |
| 14 | 8 | Esteban Nuñez del Prado | Bolivia | 2:06.21 |
| 15 | 2 | José Ángel Martínez | Mexico | 2:06.48 |
| 16 | 3 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 2:06.69 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on October 25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 1:58.74 |
| | 7 | Arsenio Bustos | United States | 1:59.89 |
| | 2 | Leonardo Coelho | Brazil | 2:00.58 |
| 4 | 3 | Collyn Gagne | Canada | 2:00.79 |
| 5 | 1 | Erick Gordillo | Independent Athletes Team | 2:01.57 |
| 6 | 3 | Vinicius Lanza | Brazil | 2:01.63 |
| 7 | 5 | Mason Laur | United States | 2:02.22 |
| 8 | 2 | Joaquín González Piñero | Argentina | 2:03.63 |