title: Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly
  
  The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Craig Beardsley of the United States.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.
  
  ## 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 21.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Craig Beardsley | United States | 1:58.85 | GR |
  | | Ricardo Prado | Brazil | 1:59.00 | SA |
  | | Rafael Vidal | Venezuela | 1:59.17 | NR |
  | 4 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico | 2:01.35 | |
  | 5 | Tom Ponting | Canada | 2:01.48 | |
  | 6 | Pablo Morales | United States | 2:01.88 | |
  | 7 | Lance Schroeder | Canada | 2:03.19 | |
  | 8 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:07.26 | |
  