title: Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke
  
  The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 18 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Katie Welch of US.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
  
  ## 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 18.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Diana Trimble | United States | 2:15.80 |
  | | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 2:16.13 |
  | | Joanne Malar | Canada | 2:16.36 |
  | 4 | Kristy Heydanek | United States | 2:16.61 |
  | 5 | Rita Garay | Puerto Rico | 2:17.82 |
  | 6 | Veronica Meinhard | Venezuela | 2:19.84 |
  | 7 | Heike Koerner | Mexico | 2:22.73 |
  | 8 | Cristiane Santos | Brazil | 2:24.10 |
  