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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 25, 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 | Katinka Hosszu (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | August 3, 2015 |
| Pan American Games record | Caitlin Leverenz (USA) | 2:10.51 | Toronto, Canada | July 18, 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 |

### Heats

The highest eight scores advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:14.41 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Kennedy Noble | United States | 2:15.23 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:15.98 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Abby Harter | United States | 2:16.81 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:16.94 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 2:17.08 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:17.58 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 2:18.28 | QA |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Bruna Leme | Brazil | 2:18.63 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | María Mata | Mexico | 2:20.36 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:21.67 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Magdalena Portela | Argentina | 2:22.37 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Laura Melo | Colombia | 2:22.38 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:22.76 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Jade Foelske | Ecuador | 2:23.86 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Daine Pedré | Cuba | 2:24.26 | QB |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Alondra Ortiz | Costa Rica | 2:24.60 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Lucero Mejía | Independent Athletes Team | 2:25.76 | |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Sierrah Broadbelt | Cayman Islands | 2:29.56 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | María José Arrua | Paraguay | 2:29.60 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Sarah Szklaruk | Chile | 2:30.33 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Monstserrat Spielmann | Chile | 2:30.33 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Zaylie Thompson | Bahamas | 2:30.53 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Paola Cwu | Honduras | 2:33.54 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | DNS | |

### Final B

The B final was held on October 21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Bruna Leme | Brazil | 2:17.55 |
| 10 | 3 | Magdalena Portela | Argentina | 2:19.38 |
| 11 | 6 | Laura Melo | Colombia | 2:20.92 |
| 12 | 2 | Nicole Frank | Uruguay | 2:20.97 |
| 13 | 7 | Jade Foelske | Ecuador | 2:21.92 |
| 14 | 5 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 2:23.19 |
| 15 | 8 | Lucero Mejía | Independent Athletes Team | 2:23.62 |
| 16 | 1 | Daine Pedré | Cuba | 2:26.29 |

### Final A

The A final was held on October 21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.04 | PR |
| | 2 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 2:11.92 | |
| | 5 | Kennedy Noble | United States | 2:14.19 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kristen Romano | Puerto Rico | 2:15.18 | |
| 5 | 7 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 2:16.92 | |
| 6 | 6 | Abby Harter | United States | 2:17.95 | |
| 7 | 8 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 2:18.07 | |
| 8 | 1 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:18.28 | |