# Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Matthew Owen of the United States
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
At this race, Benjamin Hockin gave Paraguay its first medal in the history of swimming at the Pan American Games.

## 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 | Gustavo Borges (BRA) | 1:48.49 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | March 12, 1995 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.6) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (1:54.7) in the same qualifying period.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
| 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 October 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Patton | United States | 1:50.09 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Shuane Fraser | Cayman Islands | 1:50.27 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Benjamin Hockin | Paraguay | 1:50.52 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 1:50.67 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 1:50.75 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | André Schultz | Brazil | 1:50.96 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Daniele Tirabassi | Venezuela | 1:50.96 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Douglas Robison | United States | 1:51.29 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 1:52.65 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Martin Kutscher | Uruguay | 1:53.32 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Gerardo Bañuelos | Mexico | 1:53.92 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Rual Martinez | Puerto Rico | 1:54.04 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Gustavo Berretta | Mexico | 1:54.10 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 1:54.55 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Francis Despond | Canada | 1:54.70 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Mario Montoya | Costa Rica | 1:54.70 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen | Peru | 1:55.10 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Shawn Clarke | Barbados | 1:55.77 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 1:55.77 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Kevin Avila | Guatemala | 2:00.47 | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 1 | Mario Montoya | Costa Rica | 1:53.13 |
| 10 | 6 | Gustavo Berretta | Mexico | 1:53.16 |
| 11 | 5 | Gerardo Bañuelos | Mexico | 1:53.26 |
| 12 | 7 | Francis Despond | Canada | 1:53.65 |
| 13 | 2 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 1:53.72 |
| 14 | 4 | Martin Kutscher | Uruguay | 1:53.89 |
| 15 | 3 | Raúl Martínez | Puerto Rico | 1:54.19 |
| 16 | 8 | Sebastian Jahnsen | Peru | 1:55.26 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 1:47.18 | GR |
| | 5 | Shaune Fraser | Cayman Islands | 1:48.29 | |
| | 3 | Benjamin Hockin | Paraguay | 1:48.48 | |
| 4 | 4 | Matthew Patton | United States | 1:48.64 | |
| 5 | 8 | Douglas Robison | United States | 1:48.71 | |
| 6 | 6 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 1:49.44 | |
| 7 | 1 | André Schultz | Brazil | 1:50.04 | |
| 8 | 7 | Daniele Tirabassi | Venezuela | 1:52.31 | |