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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 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, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.

## 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 | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 1:57.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 20, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 18 July | A Final | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:57.06 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.29) 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 (2:14.93) 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 18, 2015 | 10:32 | Heats |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:39 | Final B |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:46 | 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 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:59.91 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ty Stewart | United States | 2:00.25 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Gunnar Bentz | United States | 2:01.26 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Luke Reilly | Canada | 2:01.42 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:01.68 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Evan White | Canada | 2:02.43 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Carlos Omaña | Venezuela | 2:02.92 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:02.94 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Jose Martinez | Mexico | 2:03.30 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Rafael Alfaro | El Salvador | 2:03.89 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Juan Sequera | Venezuela | 2:04.51 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Matías López | Paraguay | 2:05.09 | QB, NR |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:05.69 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Esteban Paz | Argentina | 2:07.55 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Felipe Quiroz | Chile | 2:08.04 | QB |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Luis Vega | Cuba | 2:08.09 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Esteban Araya | Costa Rica | 2:09.14 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:11.55 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Christopher Courtis | Barbados | 2:12.33 | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Jean Monteagudo | Peru | 2:13.24 | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 5 | Rafael Alfaro | El Salvador | 2:02.55 | |
| 10 | 4 | Jose Martinez | Mexico | 2:02.95 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:04.83 | |
| 12 | 3 | Juan Sequera | Venezuela | 2:04.85 | |
| 13 | 6 | Matías López | Paraguay | 2:04.94 | NR |
| 14 | 7 | Esteban Paz | Argentina | 2:06.52 | |
| 15 | 8 | Luis Vega | Cuba | 2:07.31 | |
| 16 | 1 | Felipe Quiroz | Chile | 2:08.87 | |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:57.06 | GR |
| | 2 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:57.42 | |
| | 3 | Gunnar Bentz | United States | 2:00.04 | |
| 4 | 7 | Evan White | Canada | 2:00.60 | |
| 5 | 5 | Ty Stewart | United States | 2:01.83 | |
| 6 | 6 | Luke Reilly | Canada | 2:02.01 | |
| 7 | 8 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:02.98 | |
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Omaña | Venezuela | 2:03.02 | |