| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1999 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Pool |
| Dates: | August 2 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Gustavo Borges |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Scott Tucker |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Leonardo Costa |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Bronze2: | Mark Johnston |
| Bronzenoc2: | CAN |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 2 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Gustavo Borges of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[9]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 2.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:50.99 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1:51.71 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1:51.81 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1:52.00 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1:52.51 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1:52.66 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1:53.33 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1:53.38 | Q |
The B final was held on August 2.[10]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1:53.14 | ||||
| 10 | 1:53.21 | ||||
| 11 | 1:53.93 | ||||
| 12 | 1:54.49 | ||||
| 13 | 1:54.88 | ||||
| 14 | 1:55.05 | ||||
| 15 | 1:55.34 | ||||
| 16 | 1:56.88 |
The A final was held on August 2.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:49.41 | |||||
| 1:50.99 | |||||
| 1:51.29 | |||||
| 1:51.29 | |||||
| 5 | 1:52.83 | ||||
| 6 | 1:52.92 | ||||
| 7 | 1:53.73 | ||||
| 8 | 1:54.01 |