The men's 200-metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all swum in the butterfly stroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualified for the A final (where the medals were awarded), while the next best eight swimmers advanced to the B final.

On July 16, it was reported that Mauricio Fiol of Peru tested positive for stanozolol with the likely to be stripped of his medal. On July 23 the PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and had to forfeit his medal.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:51.51Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009Pan American Games record1:55.45Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 21, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 14 July A Final Leonardo de Deus 1:55.01 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two athletes, provided they met the A standard (2:01.39) during the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete, provided they met the B standard (2:08.67) during the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes qualified through universality spots.

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 14.Men's 200m Butterfly Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 6 Mauricio Fiol 1:56.81 QA, NR 2 3 4 Leonardo de Deus 1:58.44 QA 3 1 4 Bobby Bollier 1:58.61 QA 4 3 5 Alec Page 1:58.82 QA 5 3 3 Marcos Lavado 1:59.08 QA 6 2 4 Kaio de Almeida 1:59.24 QA 7 1 5 Zack Chetrat 1:59.39 QA 8 2 5 Andrew Torres 1:59.83 QA 9 3 6 Long Yuan Gutierrez 2:00.30 QB 10 1 6 Esnaider Reales 2:01.19 QB 11 2 3 Andres Montoya 2:01.73 QB 12 2 2 Lazaro Vergara 2:02.43 QB 13 1 3 Ty Stewart 2:02.68 QB 14 3 2 Jose Martinez 2:03.15 QB 15 1 2 Maximiliano Abreu 2:05.61 QB 16 2 7 Matthew Mays 2:07.90 QB 17 3 7 Aldo Castillo 2:12.77

B Final The B final was also held on July 14.Men's 200m Butterfly - B Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Long Yuan Gutierrez 2:00.09 10 5 Esnaider Reales 2:00.79 11 3 Andres Montoya 2:00.93 12 6 Lazaro Vergara 2:02.30 13 7 Jose Martinez 2:02.39 14 2 Ty Stewart 2:02.59 15 1 Maximiliano Abreu 2:06.91 16 8 Matthew Mays 2:09.74

A Final The A final was also held on July 14.Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Leonardo de Deus 1:55.01 GR 1 Zack Chetrat 1:56.90 NR 6 Alec Page 1:58.01 4 7 Kaio de Almeida 1:58.51 5 8 Andrew Torres 1:59.37 6 2 Marcos Lavado 1:59.59 7 3 Bobby Bollier 1:59.89 DQ 4 Mauricio Fiol 1:55.15 NR

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