# Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on August 8, 2019, at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Anton Chupkov (RUS) | 2:06.12 | Gwangju, South Korea | July 26, 2019 |
| Pan American Games record | Thiago Simon (BRA) | 2:09.82 | Toronto, Canada | July 15, 2015 |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round will be held on August 8.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Nicolas Fink | United States | 2:10.02 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Will Licon | United States | 2:10.62 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Miguel de Lara | Mexico | 2:11.82 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Mauro Castillo Luna | Mexico | 2:13.07 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:13.57 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel Morelli | Argentina | 2:13.64 | QA, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Marco Guarente | Venezuela | 2:13.64 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:13.73 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:14.09 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Carlos Mahecha | Colombia | 2:14.30 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 2:14.77 | WD |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 2:17.56 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Julio Horrego | Honduras | 2:18.21 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Martin Melconian | Uruguay | 2:21.72 | WD |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | José Galvez Engels | Chile | 2:23.50 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 2:24.12 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Giordano Gonzales | Peru | 2:24.49 | QB |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Arnoldo Herrera | Costa Rica | 2:24.96 | QB |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Víctor Fernández Cruz | Cuba | 2:25.17 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Luis Weekes | Barbados | 2:25.95 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Alexandre Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 2:27.06 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | William Tyler Russell | Bahamas | 2:29.37 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Patricio Figueroa Raygada | Peru | 2:29.62 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Josué Domínguez | Dominican Republic | 2:33.41 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on August 8.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:13.59 |
| 10 | 5 | Carlos Mahecha | Colombia | 2:15.68 |
| 11 | 3 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 2:16.40 |
| 12 | 6 | Julio Horrego | Honduras | 2:17.90 |
| 13 | 7 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 2:21.60 |
| 14 | 2 | José Galvez Engels | Chile | 2:23.97 |
| 15 | 1 | Giordano Gonzales | Peru | 2:24.11 |
| | 8 | Arnoldo Herrera | Costa Rica | DNS |

### Final A

The A final was also held on August 8.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Will Licon | United States | 2:07.62 | GR |
| | 4 | Nicolas Fink | United States | 2:08.16 | |
| | 3 | Miguel de Lara | Mexico | 2:11.23 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Mauro Castillo Luna | Mexico | 2:12.21 | |
| 5 | 7 | Gabriel Morelli | Argentina | 2:12.83 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 2:13.19 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marco Guarente | Venezuela | 2:14.40 | |
| 8 | 8 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 2:15.00 | |