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

The women's 400 metre freestyle 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

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 1:52.85 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 26, 2023 |
| Pan American Games record | Allison Schmitt (USA) | 1:56.23 | Toronto, Canada | July 15, 2015 |

## 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 | 3 | 4 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 1:59.31 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Camille Spink | United States | 1:59.94 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 2:01.23 | QA |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 2:01.25 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Kayla Wilson | United States | 2:01.34 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Emma O'Croinin | Canada | 2:01.65 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 2:01.90 | QA |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Andrea Becali | Cuba | 2:02.24 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Inés Marín | Chile | 2:03.03 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | María Yegres | Venezuela | 2:03.17 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Ana Carolina Vieira | Brazil | 2:03.18 | WD |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | María José Mata Cocco | Mexico | 2:03.51 | QB |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lucía Gauna | Argentina | 2:04.02 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | Karen Durango | Colombia | 2:04.04 | WD |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Beatriz Padrón | Costa Rica | 2:04.91 | QB |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Susana Hernández | Mexico | 2:05.47 | QB |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Lucero Mejía | Independent Athletes Team | 2:06.89 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:07.59 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 2:08.59 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Timmy Collymore | Grenada | 2:01.91 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Ariana Valle | El Salvador | 2:11.67 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Harper Barrowman | Cayman Islands | 2:11.95 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Natalia Kuipers | Virgin Islands | 2:13.29 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Stefania Piccardo | Paraguay | 2:14.31 | |
| — | 4 | 8 | Zaylie Thompson | Bahamas | DNS | |
| — | 3 | 2 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | DNS | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on October 22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 5 | María Yegres | Venezuela | 2:02.03 |
| 10 | 3 | María José Mata Cocco | Mexico | 2:03.21 |
| 11 | 4 | Inés Marín | Chile | 2:03.33 |
| 12 | 6 | Lucía Gauna | Argentina | 2:05.24 |
| 13 | 2 | Beatriz Padrón | Costa Rica | 2:05.71 |
| 14 | 8 | Julimar Ávila | Honduras | 2:05.74 |
| 15 | 1 | Lucero Mejía | Independent Athletes Team | 2:05.86 |
| 16 | 7 | Susana Hernández | Mexico | 2:06.10 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on October 22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 1:58.08 |
| | 3 | Maria Fernanda Costa | Brazil | 1:58.12 |
| | 5 | Camille Spink | United States | 1:58.61 |
| 4 | 6 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 1:58.67 |
| 5 | 2 | Kayla Wilson | United States | 1:58.91 |
| 6 | 7 | Emma O'Croinin | Canada | 2:00.79 |
| 7 | 8 | Andrea Becali | Cuba | 2:01.19 |
| 8 | 1 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 2:01.78 |