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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

## Records

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

| World record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan American Games record | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 1:57.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 20, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.2) 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 (2:11.0) in the same qualifying period.

## 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 October 19.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 2:04.56 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:04.84 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 2:04.88 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:05.43 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Lyam Dias | Canada | 2:05.47 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 2:06.03 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Miguel Robles | Mexico | 2:06.37 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | William Harris | United States | 2:07.74 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Luis Rojas | Venezuela | 2:08.17 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Pedro Medel | Cuba | 2:10.46 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Branden Whitehurst | Virgin Islands | 2:12.71 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Diguan Pigot | Suriname | 2:13.40 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Eladio Carrión | Puerto Rico | 2:13.57 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Joel Romeu | Uruguay | 2:18.02 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen | Peru | 2:26.70 | QB |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 19.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 4 | Luis Rojas | Venezuela | 2:09.22 |
| 10 | 5 | Branden Whitehurst | Virgin Islands | 2:10.89 |
| 11 | 6 | Eladio Carrión | Puerto Rico | 2:11.14 |
| 12 | 3 | Diguan Pigot | Suriname | 2:15.11 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 19.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:58.07 |
| | 4 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:58.64 |
| | 3 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 2:03.41 |
| 4 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:04.36 |
| 5 | 2 | Lyam Dias | Canada | 2:05.06 |
| 6 | 7 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 2:05.10 |
| 7 | 1 | Miguel Robles | Mexico | 2:06.89 |
| 8 | 8 | William Harris | United States | 2:08.25 |
