| Event: | Women's 200 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 1979 |
| Venue: | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron |
| Dates: | July 7 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Mary T. Meagher |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Karinne Miller |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Nancy Garapick |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 1975 |
| Next: | 1983 |
See main article: Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games.
The Women's 200m Butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Camille Wright of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[8]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on July 7.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:16.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | Kelly Albright | 2:17.45 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2:18.04 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2:18.20 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2:18.57 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2:22.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2:26.68 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2:26.85 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2:26.93 | ||||
| 10 | 2:32.59 | ||||
| 11 | DQ |
The final was held on July 7.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:09.77 | WR | ||||
| 2:15.05 | |||||
| 2:16.40 | |||||
| 4 | Kelly Albright | 2:16.77 | |||
| 5 | 2:17.78 | NR | |||
| 6 | 2:24.51 | ||||
| 7 | 2:26.47 | ||||
| 8 | 2:29.09 |