title: Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
  
  The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 14 August at the Indiana University Natatorium. The last Pan American Games champion was Tracy Caulkins of US.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.
  
  ## 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 14.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Susan Habermas | United States | 2:18.22 |
  | | Catherine Ritch | United States | 2:20.06 |
  | | Karin Helmstaedt | Canada | 2:21.59 |
  | 4 | Cheryl McArton | Canada | 2:23.14 |
  | 5 | Valentina Aracil | Argentina | 2:25.54 |
  | 6 | Cláudia Sprengel | Brazil | 2:26.92 |
  | 7 | Patricia Kohlmann | Mexico | 2:26.94 |
  | 8 | Ana Rios | Puerto Rico | DQ |
  