The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:52.98Rome, Italy28 July 2009Pan Pacific Championships record1:55.74Gold Coast, Australia21 August 2014

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Katie Ledecky 1:55.16 QA, CR 2 Allison Schmitt 1:56.36 QA 3 Leah Smith 1:56.81 QB 4 Taylor Ruck 1:56.84 QA 5 Kathryn McLaughlin 1:56.88 QB 6 Kayla Sanchez 1:57.39 QA 7 Rikako Ikee 1:57.43 QA 8 Mallory Comerford 1:57.48 9 Gabrielle DeLoof 1:57.86 10 Mikkayla Sheridan 1:58.05 QA 11 Katie Drabot 1:58.09 12 Rebecca Smith 1:58.48 QB 13 Chihiro Igarashi 1:58.51 QA 14 Madeline Groves 1:58.80 QA, 15 Tomomi Aoki 1:58.83 QB 16 Rio Shirai 1:58.88 QB 17 Brianna Throssell 1:59.11 QA 18 Abbigail Weitzeil 1:59.30 19 Kyla Leibel 2:00.23 QB 20 Kennedy Goss 2:00.45 21 Waka Kobori 2:01.08 22 Larissa Oliveira 2:02.21 QB 23 Nicole Oliva 2:02.84 QB 24 McKenna DeBever 2:03.07 25 Yui Yamane 2:03.11 26 Sayaka Akase 2:03.24 27 Rosalee Santa Ana 2:07.57 28 Miranda Renner 2:18.50 29 Gianna Garcia 2:19.59 30 Mineri Gomez 2:25.78 31 Osisang Chilton 2:27.19

B Final The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Kathryn McLaughlin 1:57.34 10 Rebecca Smith 1:58.47 11 Rio Shirai 1:58.56 12 Leah Smith 1:58.64 13 Tomomi Aoki 1:58.77 14 Larissa Oliveira 1:58.80 15 Kyla Leibel 1:59.58 16 Nicole Oliva 2:00.98

A Final The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Taylor Ruck 1:54.44 CR Rikako Ikee 1:54.85 AS Katie Ledecky 1:55.15 4 Allison Schmitt 1:56.71 5 Kayla Sanchez 1:57.23 6 Mikkayla Sheridan 1:57.48 7 Chihiro Igarashi 1:57.83 8 Brianna Throssell 1:59.26

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