| Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Games: | 1999 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Pool |
| Dates: | August 4 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | – |
| Nations: | – |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Leonardo Costa |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Aaron Peirsol |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Dan Shevchik |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 4 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Brad Bridgewater of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 4.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:00.39 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2:01.58 | Q | |||
| 3 | – | – | – | Q | |
| 4 | – | – | – | Q | |
| 5 | – | – | – | Q | |
| 6 | – | – | – | Q | |
| 7 | – | – | – | Q | |
| 8 | – | – | – | Q |
The B final was held on August 4.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2:06.64 | ||||
| 10 | 2:09.27 | ||||
| 11 | 2:11.40 | ||||
| 12 | 2:12.17 | ||||
| 13 | 2:12.97 | ||||
| 14 | 2:14.17 | ||||
| 15 | 2:17.54 |
The A final was held on August 4.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:59.33 | GR, SA | ||||
| 1:59.77 | |||||
| 2:00.27 | |||||
| 4 | 2:01.30 | ||||
| 5 | 2:03.52 | ||||
| 6 | 2:03.73 | ||||
| 7 | 2:04.06 | ||||
| 8 | 2:08.70 |