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

The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in backstroke. 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 | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 1:57.19 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 21, 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 July | Heats | Sean Lehane | United States | 1:57.11 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:06.05) 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 (2:13.61) 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 | 11:16 | Heats |
| July 15, 2015 | 20:39 | Final B |
| July 15, 2015 | 20:46 | 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 | 4 | Sean Lehane | United States | 1:57.11 | QA, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Carter Griffin | United States | 1:58.54 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:58.74 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Carlos Omaña | Venezuela | 1:59.81 | QA, NR |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:00.80 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Matías López | Paraguay | 2:01.05 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Russell Wood | Canada | 2:01.28 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Armando Barrera | Cuba | 2:01.33 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | David Cespedes | Colombia | 2:02.18 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Brandonn Almeida | Brazil | 2:02.32 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Agustín Hernández | Argentina | 2:02.76 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 2:02.89 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:03.51 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Felipe Vargas | Argentina | 2:03.82 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Andy Song An | Mexico | 2:04.00 | QB |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Jesus Lopez | Venezuela | 2:06.21 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Timothy Winter | Jamaica | 2:07.17 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 2:08.56 | |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 2:08.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Christopher Courtis | Barbados | 2:09.73 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 2:10.94 | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | David Cespedes | Colombia | 2:01.95 |
| 10 | 7 | Andy Song An | Mexico | 2:02.20 |
| 11 | 3 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 2:02.26 |
| 12 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:03.09 |
| 13 | 5 | Agustín Hernández | Argentina | 2:03.37 |
| 14 | 2 | Felipe Vargas | Argentina | 2:03.98 |
| 15 | 1 | Jesus Lopez | Venezuela | 2:06.46 |
| 16 | 8 | Timothy Winter | Jamaica | 2:07.78 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sean Lehane | United States | 1:57.47 | |
| | 5 | Carter Griffin | United States | 1:58.18 | |
| | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:58.27 | |
| 4 | 3 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:58.77 | |
| 5 | 1 | Russell Wood | Canada | 1:59.91 | |
| 6 | 6 | Carlos Omaña | Venezuela | 2:00.02 | |
| 7 | 7 | Matías López | Paraguay | 2:00.91 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Armando Barrera | Cuba | 2:01.24 | |