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 | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 | |
| Pan American Games record | 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 | 1:57.06 | GR |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone.| Date | Time | Round |
| July 18, 2015 | 10:32 | Heats |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:39 | Final B |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:46 | Final A |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 18.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | 1:59.91 | QA | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ty Stewart | 2:00.25 | QA | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Joseph Bentz | 2:01.26 | QA | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Luke Reilly | 2:01.42 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | 2:01.68 | QA | |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Evan White | 2:02.43 | QA | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Carlos Omaña | 2:02.92 | QA | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Omar Pinzón | 2:02.94 | QA | |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Jose Martinez | 2:03.30 | QB | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Rafael Alfaro | 2:03.89 | QB | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Juan Sequera | 2:04.51 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Matías López | 2:05.09 | QB, NR | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Ezequiel Trujillo | 2:05.69 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Esteban Paz | 2:07.55 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Felipe Quiroz | 2:08.04 | QB | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Luis Vega | 2:08.09 | QB | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Esteban Araya | 2:09.14 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Jordy Groters | 2:11.55 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Christopher Courtis | 2:12.33 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Jean Monteagudo | 2:13.24 |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 18.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 5 | Rafael Alfaro | 2:02.55 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Jose Martinez | 2:02.95 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Ezequiel Trujillo | 2:04.83 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Juan Sequera | 2:04.85 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Matías López | 2:04.94 | NR | |
| 14 | 7 | Esteban Paz | 2:06.52 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Luis Vega | 2:07.31 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Felipe Quiroz | 2:08.87 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 18.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | 1:57.06 | GR | ||
| 2 | Thiago Pereira | 1:57.42 | |||
| 3 | Joseph Bentz | 2:00.04 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Evan White | 2:00.60 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Ty Stewart | 2:01.83 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Luke Reilly | 2:02.01 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Omar Pinzón | 2:02.98 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Omaña | 2:03.02 |