The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on July 5 at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Greg Jagenburg of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.Swimming technical manual
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 5.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Craig Beardsley 2:05.38 Q 2 George Nagy 2:05.66 Q 3 Bill Sawchuk 2:06.26 Q 4 Glynn Perry 2:06.44 Q 5 Jorge Jaramillo 2:06.86 Q 6 Carlos Fontoura 2:07.56 Q 7 Filiberto Colon 2:07.99 Q 8 Rafael Vidal 2:08.35 Q 9 Bernardo Lesser 2:09.31 NR 10 Victor López 2:09.86 11 David Lindquist 2:12.08 NR 12 Caio Filardi 2:12.14 13 Claudio Lutotovich 2:16.49 14 Enrique Leite 2:16.97 15 Miguel Oqueli 2:17.96 NR 16 Roberto Ledesma 2:22.33 17 Donaldo Clough 2:22.86 18 Víctor Masalles 2:28.11
Final The final was held on July 5. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Craig Beardsley 2:00.49 NR, GR George Nagy 2:02.15 Bill Sawchuk 2:02.93 4 Glynn Perry 2:03.84 5 Filiberto Colon 2:06.45 NR 6 Carlos Fontoura 2:06.50 7 Jorge Jaramillo 2:06.79 8 Rafael Vidal 2:06.86
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