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.Guadalajara 2011 sessions 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.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:51.51Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009Pan American Games record1:55.45Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 21, 2007

Qualification 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.

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats The first round was held on October 17.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Daniel Madwed 1:59.99 QA 2 2 4 Kaio de Almeida 2:00.32 QA 3 1 4 Leonardo de Deus 2:00.99 QA 4 1 5 Omar Pinzón 2:01.02 QA 5 1 3 Israel Duran 2:01.27 QA 6 2 6 Marcos Lavado 2:01.33 QA 7 2 3 Robert Margalis Jr. 2:01.62 QA 8 1 7 Mauricio Fiol 2:01.91 QA 9 2 7 Ramiro Ramirez 2:02.45 QB 10 2 2 Alexis Marquez 2:02.58 QB 11 1 6 Diego Castillo 2:03.44 QB 12 1 2 Andres Gonzalez 2:05.29 QB 13 1 1 Lazaro Vergara 2:06.24 QB 14 2 1 Joel Romeu 2:07.87 QB 15 1 8 Victor Lopez-Cantera 2:10.22 QB 2 8 Shaune Fraser

B Final The B final was also held on October 17. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Ramiro Ramirez 2:02.93 10 5 Alexis Marquez 2:02.99 11 3 Diego Castillo 2:03.32 12 6 Andres Gonzalez 2:04.99 13 7 Joel Romeu 2:06.30 14 2 Lazaro Vergara 2:06.95 15 1 Victor Lopez-Cantera 2:09.19

A Final The A final was also held on October 17. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Leonardo de Deus 1:57.92 4 Daniel Madwed 1:58.52 5 Kaio de Almeida 1:58.78 4 6 Omar Pinzón 2:01.36 5 7 Marcos Lavado 2:01.62 6 1 Robert Margalis Jr. 2:01.95 7 2 Israel Duran 2:02.45 8 8 Mauricio Fiol 2:03.36

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