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

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

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## 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 | Craig Beardsley | United States | 2:05.38 | Q |
| 2 | George Nagy | Canada | 2:05.66 | Q |
| 3 | Bill Sawchuk | Canada | 2:06.26 | Q |
| 4 | Glynn Perry | United States | 2:06.44 | Q |
| 5 | Jorge Jaramillo | Colombia | 2:06.86 | Q |
| 6 | Carlos Fontoura | Brazil | 2:07.56 | Q |
| 7 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico | 2:07.99 | Q |
| 8 | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 2:08.35 | Q |
| 9 | Bernardo Lesser | Mexico | 2:09.31 | NR |
| 10 | Victor López | Puerto Rico | 2:09.86 | |
| 11 | David Lindquist | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:12.08 | NR |
| 12 | Caio Filardi | Brazil | 2:12.14 | |
| 13 | Claudio Lutotovich | Argentina | 2:16.49 | |
| 14 | Enrique Leite | Uruguay | 2:16.97 | |
| 15 | Miguel Oqueli | El Salvador | 2:17.96 | NR |
| 16 | Roberto Ledesma | Ecuador | 2:22.33 | |
| 17 | Donaldo Clough | Dominican Republic | 2:22.86 | |
| 18 | Víctor Masalles | Dominican Republic | 2:28.11 | |

### Final

The final was held on July 5.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Craig Beardsley | United States | 2:00.49 | NR, GR |
| | George Nagy | Canada | 2:02.15 | |
| | Bill Sawchuk | Canada | 2:02.93 | |
| 4 | Glynn Perry | United States | 2:03.84 | |
| 5 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico | 2:06.45 | NR |
| 6 | Carlos Fontoura | Brazil | 2:06.50 | |
| 7 | Jorge Jaramillo | Colombia | 2:06.79 | |
| 8 | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 2:06.86 | |
