Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 15 August at the Indiana University Natatorium. The last Pan American Games champion was Ricardo Prado of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.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
Final
The final was held on August 15.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Bill Stapleton | | 2:03.58 | |
| Paul Wallace | | 2:04.92 | |
| Ricardo Prado | | 2:04.94 | |
| 4 | Darren Ward | | 2:06.27 | |
| 5 | Manuel Guzmán | | 2:06.40 | |
| 6 | Rodrigo González | | 2:07.95 | |
| 7 | Javier Careaga | | 2:09.00 | |
| 8 | Júlio César Rebolal | | 2:09.02 | |
