Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 10 August at the Indiana University Natatorium. The last Pan American Games champion was Cynthia Woodhead of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

## 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 10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 2:00.02 | NR |
| | Whitney Hedgepeth | United States | 2:02.06 | |
| | Sara Linke | United States | 2:04.00 | |
| 4 | Denise Gereghty | Canada | 2:05.64 | |
| 5 | Patrícia Amorim | Brazil | 2:05.70 | |
| 6 | Karen Dieffenthaler | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:07.15 | |
| 7 | Sally Gilbert | Canada | 2:08.66 | |
| 8 | Miriam Artur | Brazil | 2:10.02 | |
