The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella 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 in breaststroke.
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 John Simmons 2:23.53 Q 2 Steve Lundquist 2:24.56 Q 3 Pablo Restrepo 2:24.71 Q 4 Graham Smith 2:25.22 Q 5 Greg Wurzbach 2:26.38 Q 6 Helmut Levy 2:27.47 Q 7 Orlando Catinchi 2:27.78 Q, NR 8 Luiz Carvalho 2:27.78 Q 9 Andrey Aguilar 2:27.91 NR 10 Glen Sochasky 2:28.57 NR 11 Oscar González 2:31.28 12 Celso Ogata 2:31.80 13 Jordy Masalles 2:44.86 NR 14 Jud Woolard 2:47.41 15 Frank Torres DQ
Final The final was held on July 5. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Lundquist 2:21.97 NR, GR John Simmons 2:22.45 Pablo Restrepo 2:23.13 SA 4 Graham Smith 2:23:26 5 Greg Wurzbach 2:25.07 6 Helmut Levy 2:27.02 7 Orlando Catinchi 2:28.08 8 Luiz Carvalho 2:28.94
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