title: Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 20 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Lundquist 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on August 20.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:19.31 | GR |
  | | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:20.21 | |
  | | Doug Soltis | United States | 2:20.89 | |
  | 4 | Marco Veilleux | Canada | 2:21.86 | |
  | 5 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:24.79 | |
  | 6 | Maviael Sampaio | Brazil | 2:24.79 | |
  | 7 | Enrique Leite | Uruguay | 2:27.57 | NR |
  | 8 | Glen Sochasky | Venezuela | 2:27.82 | NR |
  