Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss 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.

Heats
The first round was held on July 6.

Final
The final was held on July 6.