Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
# Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

## 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 July 5.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Simmons | United States | 2:23.53 | Q |
| 2 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:24.56 | Q |
| 3 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:24.71 | Q |
| 4 | Graham Smith | Canada | 2:25.22 | Q |
| 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:26.38 | Q |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.47 | Q |
| 7 | Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | 2:27.78 | Q, NR |
| 8 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:27.78 | Q |
| 9 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:27.91 | NR |
| 10 | Glen Sochasky | Venezuela | 2:28.57 | NR |
| 11 | Oscar González | Mexico | 2:31.28 | |
| 12 | Celso Ogata | Brazil | 2:31.80 | |
| 13 | Jordy Masalles | Dominican Republic | 2:44.86 | NR |
| 14 | Jud Woolard | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:47.41 | |
| 15 | Frank Torres | Puerto Rico | DQ | |

### Final

The final was held on July 5.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:21.97 | NR, GR |
| | John Simmons | United States | 2:22.45 | |
| | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:23.13 | SA |
| 4 | Graham Smith | Canada | 2:23:26 | |
| 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:25.07 | |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.02 | |
| 7 | Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | 2:28.08 | |
| 8 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:28.94 | |
