Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kim Vandenberg of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final, 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 | 2:01.81 | Jinan, China | October 21, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 2:07.64 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone.| Date | Time | Round |
| July 14, 2015 | 10:29 | Heats |
| July 14, 2015 | 19:39 | Final B |
| July 14, 2015 | 19:46 | Final A |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 14.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Katherine Mills | 2:08.89 | QA | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:10.33 | QA | |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Andreina Pinto | 2:10.98 | QA | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Virginia Bardach | 2:12.31 | QA, NR | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Isabella Paez | 2:12.63 | QA | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:12.64 | QA | |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Valerie Gruest | 2:13.87 | QA | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Diana Luna | 2:14.21 | QA | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Jessica Camposano | 2:14.35 | QB | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Manuella Lyrio | 2:15.55 | QB | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Kylie Stewart | 2:16.22 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Maria Far | 2:18.57 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Tereysa Lehnertz | 2:18.57 | QB | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Estefania Urzua | 2:19.23 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Lara Butler | 2:22.81 | QB | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Trudian Patrick | 2:24.26 | QB | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Daniella van den Berg | 2:26.04 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Noemie Thomas |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 14.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 5 | Manuella Lyrio | 2:13.37 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Jessica Camposano | 2:14.22 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Kylie Stewart | 2:14.64 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Tereysa Lehnertz | 2:18.05 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Estefania Urzua | 2:18.16 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Maria Far | 2:18.75 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Lara Butler | 2:21.52 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Trudian Patrick | 2:23.65 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 14.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:07.68 | |||
| 4 | Katherine Mills | 2:09.31 | |||
| 7 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:09.38 | SA | ||
| 4 | 3 | Andreina Pinto | 2:09.51 | NR | |
| 5 | 6 | Virginia Bardach | 2:13.25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Isabella Paez | 2:13.64 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Diana Luna | 2:13.90 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Valerie Gruest | 2:14.03 |