Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 22 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Mary T. Meagher of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on August 22.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:10.06 | |
| | Tracy Caulkins | United States | 2:14.15 | |
| | Marie Moore | Canada | 2:14.51 | |
| 4 | Jill Horstead | Canada | 2:17.13 | |
| 5 | Jodie Lawaetz | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:22.67 | |
| 6 | Sandra Bohorquez | Colombia | 2:22.95 | NR |
| 7 | Amalia Llorca | Venezuela | 2:23.29 | |
| 8 | Sandra Revette | Venezuela | 2:25.16 | |
