# Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:06.15 | Rome, Italy | July 27, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Julia Smit (USA) | 2:13.07 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 20, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 18 July | Heat 3 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:11.04 | GR |
| 18 July | A Final | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:10.51 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:20.49) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:28.92) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round |
| July 18, 2015 | 10:16 | Heats |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:18 | Final B |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:25 | Final A |

## Results

| 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 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:11.04 | QA, GR |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:11.16 | QA, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Meghan Small | United States | 2:13.90 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:14.02 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:15.16 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:15.32 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:16.86 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 2:17.67 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:18.95 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:19.26 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:21.65 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Mercedes Toledo | Venezuela | 2:25.24 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Karen Vilorio | Honduras | 2:25.87 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 2:26.50 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:29.04 | QB |
| | 1 | 6 | Esther Gonzalez | Mexico | DNS | |
| | 3 | 2 | Barbara Caraballo | Puerto Rico | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:17.65 | |
| 10 | 3 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:18.49 | |
| 11 | 5 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:18.82 | |
| 12 | 6 | Mercedes Toledo | Venezuela | 2:22.06 | |
| 13 | 7 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 2:24.64 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | Karen Vilorio | Honduras | 2:24.72 | |
| | 1 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | DNS | |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 2:10.51 | GR |
| | 3 | Meghan Small | United States | 2:11.26 | |
| | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:11.29 | |
| 4 | 7 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:12.39 | |
| 5 | 6 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:14.06 | |
| 6 | 1 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:15.45 | |
| 7 | 8 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 2:17.02 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:18.02 | |