Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in backstroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final, 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 record | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 1:57.19 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 21, 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 July | Heats | Sean Lehane | 1:57.11 | GR |
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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone.| Date | Time | Round |
| July 15, 2015 | 11:16 | Heats |
| July 15, 2015 | 20:39 | Final B |
| July 15, 2015 | 20:46 | Final A |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 15.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Sean Lehane | 1:57.11 | QA, GR | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Carter Griffin | 1:58.54 | QA | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | 1:58.74 | QA | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Carlos Omaña | 1:59.81 | QA, NR | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Leonardo de Deus | 2:00.80 | QA | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Matías López | 2:01.05 | QA | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Russell Wood | 2:01.28 | QA | |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Armando Barrera | 2:01.33 | QA | |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | David Cespedes | 2:02.18 | QB | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Brandonn Almeida | 2:02.32 | QB | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Agustín Hernández | 2:02.76 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Yeziel Morales | 2:02.89 | QB | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | 2:03.51 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Felipe Vargas | 2:03.82 | QB | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Andy Song An | 2:04.00 | QB | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Jesus Lopez | 2:06.21 | QB | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Timothy Winter | 2:07.17 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Matthew Mays | 2:08.56 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Markus Thormeyer | 2:08.93 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Christopher Courtis | 2:09.73 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Charles Hockin | 2:10.94 |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 15.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | David Cespedes | 2:01.95 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Andy Song An | 2:02.20 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Yeziel Morales | 2:02.26 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo | 2:03.09 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Agustín Hernández | 2:03.37 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Felipe Vargas | 2:03.98 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Jesus Lopez | 2:06.46 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Timothy Winter | 2:07.78 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 15.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Sean Lehane | 1:57.47 | |||
| 5 | Carter Griffin | 1:58.18 | |||
| 2 | Leonardo de Deus | 1:58.27 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Omar Pinzón | 1:58.77 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Russell Wood | 1:59.91 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Carlos Omaña | 2:00.02 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Matías López | 2:00.91 | NR | |
| 8 | 8 | Armando Barrera | 2:01.24 |