title: Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  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.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
  
  ## 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 July 5.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | John Simmons | United States | 2:23.53 | Q |
  | 2 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:24.56 | Q |
  | 3 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:24.71 | Q |
  | 4 | Graham Smith | Canada | 2:25.22 | Q |
  | 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:26.38 | Q |
  | 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.47 | Q |
  | 7 | Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | 2:27.78 | Q, NR |
  | 8 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:27.78 | Q |
  | 9 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:27.91 | NR |
  | 10 | Glen Sochasky | Venezuela | 2:28.57 | NR |
  | 11 | Oscar González | Mexico | 2:31.28 | |
  | 12 | Celso Ogata | Brazil | 2:31.80 | |
  | 13 | Jordy Masalles | Dominican Republic | 2:44.86 | NR |
  | 14 | Jud Woolard | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:47.41 | |
  | 15 | Frank Torres | Puerto Rico | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on July 5.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:21.97 | NR, GR |
  | | John Simmons | United States | 2:22.45 | |
  | | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:23.13 | SA |
  | 4 | Graham Smith | Canada | 2:23:26 | |
  | 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:25.07 | |
  | 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.02 | |
  | 7 | Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | 2:28.08 | |
  | 8 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:28.94 | |
  