title: Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
  
  The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 6 August at the Pan Am Pool. The last Pan American Games champion was Joanne Malar of Canada.
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Heats
  
  The first round was held on August 6.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joanne Malar | Canada | 2:14.81 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | - | - | - | Q |
  | 3 | Maggie Bowen | United States | 2:18.86 | Q |
  | 4 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:19.02 | Q |
  | 5 | - | - | - | Q |
  | 6 | - | - | - | Q |
  | 7 | - | - | - | Q |
  | 8 | - | - | - | Q |
  
  ### B Final
  
  The B final was held on August 6.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Bárbara Jatobá | Brazil | 2:28.33 |
  | 10 | Jeanett Yanez | Peru | 2:31.66 |
  | 11 | R.Encina | Paraguay | 2:34.12 |
  | 12 | Ashley Allaire | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:39.19 |
  
  ### A Final
  
  The A final was held on August 6.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Joanne Malar | Canada | 2:14.18 | GR |
  | | Maggie Bowen | United States | 2:15.26 | |
  | | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:15.80 | |
  | 4 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:16.06 | |
  | 5 | Carolyn Adel | Suriname | 2:18.08 | |
  | 6 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 2:20.07 | |
  | 7 | Sylvia Álvarez | Puerto Rico | 2:27.13 | |
  | 8 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 2:28.15 | |
  