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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kaio de Almeida of Brazil.

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

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
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| Pan American Games record | Kaio de Almeida (BRA) | 1:55.45 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:02.0) 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 (2:05.7) in the same qualifying period.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 17.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Madwed | United States | 1:59.99 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 2:00.32 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:00.99 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:01.02 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Israel Duran | Mexico | 2:01.27 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Marcos Lavado | Venezuela | 2:01.33 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Robert Margalis Jr. | United States | 2:01.62 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 2:01.91 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Ramiro Ramirez | Mexico | 2:02.45 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Alexis Marquez | Venezuela | 2:02.58 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Diego Castillo | Panama | 2:03.44 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Andres Gonzalez | Argentina | 2:05.29 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Lazaro Vergara | Cuba | 2:06.24 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Joel Romeu | Uruguay | 2:07.87 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Victor Lopez-Cantera | Nicaragua | 2:10.22 | QB |
| | 2 | 8 | Shaune Fraser | Cayman Islands | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 17.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 4 | Ramiro Ramirez | Mexico | 2:02.93 |
| 10 | 5 | Alexis Marquez | Venezuela | 2:02.99 |
| 11 | 3 | Diego Castillo | Panama | 2:03.32 |
| 12 | 6 | Andres Gonzalez | Argentina | 2:04.99 |
| 13 | 7 | Joel Romeu | Uruguay | 2:06.30 |
| 14 | 2 | Lazaro Vergara | Cuba | 2:06.95 |
| 15 | 1 | Victor Lopez-Cantera | Nicaragua | 2:09.19 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 17.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:57.92 |
| | 4 | Daniel Madwed | United States | 1:58.52 |
| | 5 | Kaio de Almeida | Brazil | 1:58.78 |
| 4 | 6 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 2:01.36 |
| 5 | 7 | Marcos Lavado | Venezuela | 2:01.62 |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Margalis Jr. | United States | 2:01.95 |
| 7 | 2 | Israel Duran | Mexico | 2:02.45 |
| 8 | 8 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 2:03.36 |
