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 record1:42.00Rome, ItalyJuly 28, 2009Pan American Games record1:48.49Mar del Plata, ArgentinaMarch 12, 1995

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.6) 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 (1:54.7) 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

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