title: Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 13 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Silvia Poll of Costa Rica.
  
  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 13.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lisa Jacob | United States | 2:02.06 |
  | | Barbara Metz | United States | 2:02.92 |
  | | Kim Paton | Canada | 2:04.73 |
  | 4 | Paolette Filippini | Brazil | 2:05.26 |
  | 5 | Rita Garay | Puerto Rico | 2:06.01 |
  | 6 | Tara Seymour | Canada | 2:06.76 |
  | 7 | Laura Sánchez | Mexico | 2:07.10 |
  | 8 | Rachel Brinn | Jamaica | 2:10.65 |
  