The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:54.00Shanghai, ChinaJuly 28, 2011Pan American Games record1:57.79Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 20, 2007

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.2) 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 (2:11.0) in the same qualifying period.

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats The first round was held on October 19. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Conor Dwyer 2:04.56 QA 2 2 4 Thiago Pereira 2:04.84 QA 3 1 4 Henrique Rodrigues 2:04.88 QA 4 1 3 Ezequiel Trujillo 2:05.43 QA 5 2 3 Lyam Dias 2:05.47 QA 6 1 6 Esteban Enderica 2:06.03 QA 7 2 6 Miguel Robles 2:06.37 QA 8 1 5 William Harris 2:07.74 QA 9 2 2 Luis Rojas 2:08.17 QB 10 2 7 Pedro Medel 2:10.46 QB 11 1 2 Branden Whitehurst 2:12.71 QB 12 1 7 Diguan Pigot 2:13.40 QB 13 2 8 Eladio Carrión 2:13.57 QB 14 1 1 Joel Romeu 2:18.02 QB 15 2 1 Sebastian Jahnsen 2:26.70 QB

B Final The B final was also held on October 19. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Luis Rojas 2:09.22 10 5 Branden Whitehurst 2:10.89 11 6 Eladio Carrión 2:11.14 12 3 Diguan Pigot 2:15.11

A Final The A final was also held on October 19. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Thiago Pereira 1:58.07 4 Conor Dwyer 1:58.64 3 Henrique Rodrigues 2:03.41 4 6 Ezequiel Trujillo 2:04.36 5 2 Lyam Dias 2:05.06 6 7 Esteban Enderica 2:05.10 7 1 Miguel Robles 2:06.89 8 8 William Harris 2:08.25

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