Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The Women's 200m Butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last Pan American Games champion was Camille Wright of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats
The first round was held on July 7.

Final
The final was held on July 7.