# Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 22, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.

## Records

| World record | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 2:03.14 | Sydney, Australia | March 10, 2023 |
| Pan American Games record | Hillary Caldwell (CAN) | 2:08.22 | Toronto, Canada | July 15, 2015 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
| October 22 | Final | Kennedy Noble | United States | 2:08.03 | GR |

## Results

| KEY: | QA | Qualified for A final | QB | Qualified for B final | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | WD | Withdrew |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 22.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kennedy Noble | United States | 2:13.54 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Alexia Assunção | Brazil | 2:13.61 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:15.05 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Reilly Tiltmann | United States | 2:15.49 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Madelyn Gatrall | Canada | 2:15.92 | QA |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:16.68 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Fernanda de Goeij | Brazil | 2:17.49 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Malena Santillán | Argentina | 2:17.68 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Miranda Grana | Mexico | 2:17.83 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 2:18.14 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Alexia Sotomayor | Peru | 2:18.32 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Brooklyn Douthwright | Canada | 2:18.88 | QB |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Athena Meneses | Mexico | 2:19.57 | WD |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Candela Raviola | Argentina | 2:19.63 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Sarah Szklaruk | Chile | 2:19.72 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Jasmin Pistelli | Colombia | 2:20.81 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Lucero Mejia | Independent Athletes Team | 2:21.09 | QB |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Carolina Cermelli | Panama | 2:21.43 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Abril Aunchayna | Uruguay | 2:21.87 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Magaly Gomez Ramos | Mexico | 2:22.01 | |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | Elizabeth Jimenez Garrido | Dominican Republic | 2:22.11 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Andrea Becali | Cuba | 2:22.67 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Martina Röper Joo | Chile | 2:25.52 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 2:26.90 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Lara Gimenez | Paraguay | 2:29.78 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Leanna Wainwright | Jamaica | 2:32.72 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on October 22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Miranda Grana | Mexico | 2:14.49 |
| 10 | 3 | Alexia Sotomayor | Peru | 2:16.62 |
| 11 | 2 | Candela Raviola | Argentina | 2:19.69 |
| 12 | 6 | Brooklyn Douthwright | Canada | 2:19.76 |
| 13 | 5 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 2:20.35 |
| 14 | 7 | Sarah Szklaruk | Chile | 2:21.38 |
| 15 | 8 | Lucero Mejia | Independent Athletes Team | 2:21.40 |
| 16 | 1 | Jasmin Pistelli | Colombia | 2:23.02 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on October 25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kennedy Noble | United States | 2:08.03 | GR |
| | 6 | Reilly Tiltmann | United States | 2:12.79 | |
| | 5 | Alexia Assunção | Brazil | 2:13.31 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:14.32 | |
| 5 | 2 | Madelyn Gatrall | Canada | 2:14.44 | |
| 6 | 8 | Malena Santillán | Argentina | 2:16.40 | |
| 7 | 7 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:17.43 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fernanda de Goeij | Brazil | 2:20.05 | |