Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Peter Rocca of US.

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

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on August 19.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rick Carey | United States | 1:59.34 | GR |
| | Ricardo Prado | Brazil | 2:02.85 | SA |
| | Mike West | Canada | 2:03.11 | |
| 4 | Cameron Henning | Canada | 2:03.33 | |
| 5 | Richey Hughey | United States | 2:06.67 | |
| 6 | Giovanni Frigo | Venezuela | 2:07.81 | NR |
| 7 | Jorge Macario | Venezuela | 2:15.60 | |
| 8 | Allan Marsh | Jamaica | 2:16.56 | |
