The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Sean Mahoney of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2:07.01Gifu, JapanSeptember 15, 2012Pan American Games record2:11.62Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 18, 2011 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 15 July Heats Jorge Murillo 2:11.62 =GR 15 July A Final Thiago Simon 2:09.82 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:19.49) 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 (2:27.86) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 15, 2015 10:44 Heats July 15, 2015 19:57 Final B July 15, 2015 20:04 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 15.Men's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 Jorge Murillo 2:11.62 QA, =GR, NR 2 3 4 Thiago Simon 2:12.05 QA 3 2 5 Richard Funk 2:12.22 QA 4 2 4 B.J. Johnson 2:12.81 QA 5 1 4 Thiago Pereira 2:12.89 QA 6 3 5 Carlos Claverie 2:12.97 QA 7 2 3 Miguel De Lara 2:13.79 QA 8 3 6 Carlos Mahecha 2:14.20 QA 9 1 5 Brad Craig 2:14.31 QB 10 2 6 Miguel Chavez 2:16.07 QB 11 3 3 James Dergousoff 2:16.30 QB 12 1 6 Juan Sequera 2:17.52 QB 13 3 2 Facundo Miguelena 2:17.67 QB 14 3 1 Dustin Tynes 2:18.13 QB 15 2 2 Rodrigo Frutos 2:19.03 QB 16 3 7 Jordy Groters 2:20.40 QB 17 1 2 Julian Fletcher 2:20.97 18 1 7 Rafael Alfaro 2:21.05 19 2 1 Esteban Araya 2:24.88 20 2 7 Gerardo Huidobro 2:26.30 21 3 8 Renato Prono 2:27.13 22 1 1 Corey Ollivierre 2:41.52

B Final The B final was also held on July 15.Men's 200m Breaststroke - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Brad Craig 2:14.04 10 5 Miguel Chavez 2:15.19 11 3 James Dergousoff 2:15.31 12 6 Juan Sequera 2:17.23 13 2 Facundo Miguelena 2:17.65 14 7 Dustin Tynes 2:18.14 15 1 Rodrigo Frutos 2:18.48 16 8 Jordy Groters 2:18.55

A Final The A final was also held on July 15.Men's 200m Breaststroke - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Thiago Simon 2:09.82 GR 3 Richard Funk 2:11.51 2 Thiago Pereira 2:11.93 4 6 B.J. Johnson 2:12.19 5 4 Jorge Murillo 2:12.71 6 7 Carlos Claverie 2:13.22 7 1 Miguel De Lara 2:14.11 8 8 Carlos Mahecha 2:15.25

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