| Event: | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House |
| Dates: | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 1:57.06 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Henrique Rodrigues |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Thiago Pereira |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Joseph Bentz |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 1:57.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 20, 2007 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.29) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:14.93) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2015 | 10:32 | Heats | |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:39 | Final B | |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:46 | Final A |
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The first round was held on July 18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 1:59.91 | QA | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 2:00.25 | QA | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 2:01.26 | QA | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 2:01.42 | QA | |||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 2:01.68 | QA | |||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 2:02.43 | QA | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2:02.92 | QA | |||
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2:02.94 | QA | |||
| 9 | 1 | 6 | 2:03.30 | QB | |||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 2:03.89 | QB | |||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 2:04.51 | QB | |||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 2:05.09 | QB, NR | |||
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 2:05.69 | QB | |||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | 2:07.55 | QB | |||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 2:08.04 | QB | |||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 2:08.09 | QB | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 2:09.14 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 2:11.55 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 2:12.33 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 7 | 2:13.24 |
The B final was also held on July 18.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 2:02.55 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 2:02.95 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2:04.83 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 2:04.85 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2:04.94 | NR | |||
| 14 | 7 | 2:06.52 | ||||
| 15 | 8 | 2:07.31 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 2:08.87 |
The A final was also held on July 18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:57.06 | GR | ||||
| 2 | 1:57.42 | |||||
| 3 | 2:00.04 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:00.60 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 2:01.83 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:02.01 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:02.98 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:03.02 |