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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2023 Pan American Games
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Aquatic Center
Date	October 22, 2023
Competitors	26 from 18 nations
Winning time	2:08.03
Medalists
	«2019 2027»

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.^[1]^[2]

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

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

The first round was held on October 22.^[3]

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

The B final was also held on October 22.^[4]

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

The A final was also held on October 25.^[4]

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