| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | October 17 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Leonardo de Deus |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Daniel Madwed |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Kaio de Almeida |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kaio de Almeida of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all being in butterfly stroke.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 1:55.45 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:02.0) 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 (2:05.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | align=center | NR | National record | align=center | PB | Personal best | align=center | SB | Seasonal best |
The first round was held on October 17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 1:59.99 | QA | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.32 | QA | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.99 | QA | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.02 | QA | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.27 | QA | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.33 | QA | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.62 | QA | |||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.91 | QA | |||
| 9 | 2 | 7 | align=left | Ramiro Ramirez | align=left | 2:02.45 | QB | ||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.58 | QB | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.44 | QB | |||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:05.29 | QB | |||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:06.24 | QB | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:07.87 | QB | |||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | align=left | align=left | 2:10.22 | QB | |||
| 2 | 8 | align=left | align=left |
The B final was also held on October 17.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | align=left | Ramiro Ramirez | align=left | 2:02.93 | |||
| 10 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.99 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.32 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:04.99 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 2:06.30 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:06.95 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:09.19 |
The A final was also held on October 17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:57.92 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.52 | |||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.78 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.36 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.62 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:01.95 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.45 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.36 |