Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September. The last Pan American Games champion was Mary Lou Elsenius of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats
The first round was held on September 1.

Final
The final was held on September 1.