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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ashley McGregor of Canada.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:19.11 | Barcelona, Spain | August 1, 2013 |
| Pan American Games record | Caitlin Leverenz (USA) | 2:25.62 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 22, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 July | Heat 2 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:25.41 | GR |
| 15 July | A Final | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:24.38 | GR |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:36.89) 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 (2:46.30) 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 15, 2015 | 10:33 | Heats |
| July 15, 2015 | 19:43 | Final B |
| July 15, 2015 | 19:50 | 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 15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:25.41 | QA, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Annie Lazor | United States | 2:26.37 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:27.47 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Esther González | Mexico | 2:28.15 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Byanca Rodriguez | Mexico | 2:28.73 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:28.86 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 2:29.00 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Pamela Souza | Brazil | 2:31.14 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:31.35 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Meghan Small | United States | 2:32.40 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Beatriz Travalon | Brazil | 2:32.73 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Mercedes Toledo | Venezuela | 2:34.43 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Laura Morley | Bahamas | 2:40.28 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:42.82 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Paula Tamashiro | Peru | 2:43.73 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Izzy Shne Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2:58.72 | QB |

### B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:30.76 |
| 10 | 5 | Meghan Small | United States | 2:31.35 |
| 11 | 3 | Beatriz Travalon | Brazil | 2:33.21 |
| 12 | 6 | Mercedes Toledo | Venezuela | 2:33.57 |
| 13 | 1 | Paula Tamashiro | Peru | 2:41.94 |
| 14 | 2 | Laura Morley | Bahamas | 2:42.99 |
| 15 | 7 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:46.32 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:24.38 | GR |
| | 3 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:24.51 | |
| | 5 | Annie Lazor | United States | 2:26.23 | |
| 4 | 7 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:27.15 | |
| 5 | 2 | Byanca Rodriguez | Mexico | 2:28.87 | |
| 6 | 1 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 2:29.45 | |
| 7 | 6 | Esther González | Mexico | 2:29.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Pamela Souza | Brazil | 2:32.41 | |