Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Matthew Owen of the United States
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
At this race, Benjamin Hockin gave Paraguay its first medal in the history of swimming at the Pan American Games.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | July 28, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 1:48.49 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | March 12, 1995 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard 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 18.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Patton | 1:50.09 | QA | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Shuane Fraser | 1:50.27 | QA | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Benjamin Hockin | 1:50.52 | QA | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Cristian Quintero | 1:50.67 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Brett Fraser | 1:50.75 | QA | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | André Schultz | 1:50.96 | QA | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Daniele Tirabassi | 1:50.96 | QA | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Douglas Robison | 1:51.29 | QA | |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Nicolas Oliveira | 1:52.65 | QB | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Martin Kutscher | 1:53.32 | QB | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Gerardo Bañuelos | 1:53.92 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Rual Martinez | 1:54.04 | QB | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Gustavo Berretta | 1:54.10 | QB | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Mateo de Angulo | 1:54.55 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Francis Despond | 1:54.70 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Mario Montoya | 1:54.70 | QB | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen | 1:55.10 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Shawn Clarke | 1:55.77 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Federico Grabich | 1:55.77 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Kevin Avila | 2:00.47 |
B Final
The B final was also held on October 18.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 1 | Mario Montoya | 1:53.13 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Gustavo Berretta | 1:53.16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Gerardo Bañuelos | 1:53.26 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Francis Despond | 1:53.65 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Mateo de Angulo | 1:53.72 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Martin Kutscher | 1:53.89 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Raúl Martínez | 1:54.19 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Sebastian Jahnsen | 1:55.26 |
A Final
The A final was also held on October 18.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Brett Fraser | 1:47.18 | GR | ||
| 5 | Shaune Fraser | 1:48.29 | |||
| 3 | Benjamin Hockin | 1:48.48 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Matthew Patton | 1:48.64 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Douglas Robison | 1:48.71 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Cristian Quintero | 1:49.44 | ||
| 7 | 1 | André Schultz | 1:50.04 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Daniele Tirabassi | 1:52.31 |