Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 9 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Doug Russell of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final
The final was held on August 9.