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

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

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.[2]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on October 19.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[3]	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 Carrion	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.[4]

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

A Final

The A final was also held on October 19.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	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