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Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1979 Pan American Games
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
	«1975 1983»

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on July 5 at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Greg Jagenburg of US.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.^[8]

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

The first round was held on July 5.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Craig Beardsley	United States	2:05.38	Q
2	George Nagy	Canada	2:05.66	Q
3	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	2:06.26	Q
4	Glynn Perry	United States	2:06.44	Q
5	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	2:06.86	Q
6	Carlos Fontoura	Brazil	2:07.56	Q
7	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	2:07.99	Q
8	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	2:08.35	Q
9	Bernardo Lesser	Mexico	2:09.31	NR
10	Victor López	Puerto Rico	2:09.86
11	David Lindquist	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:12.08	NR
12	Caio Filardi	Brazil	2:12.14
13	Claudio Lutotovich	Argentina	2:16.49
14	Enrique Leite	Uruguay	2:16.97
15	Miguel Oqueli	El Salvador	2:17.96	NR
16	Roberto Ledesma	Ecuador	2:22.33
17	Donaldo Clough	Dominican Republic	2:22.86
18	Víctor Masalles	Dominican Republic	2:28.11

The final was held on July 5.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Craig Beardsley	United States	2:00.49	NR, GR
	George Nagy	Canada	2:02.15
	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	2:02.93
4	Glynn Perry	United States	2:03.84
5	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	2:06.45	NR
6	Carlos Fontoura	Brazil	2:06.50
7	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	2:06.79
8	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	2:06.86