1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 25, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	7
Win Value:	2:06.60
Gold:	Susie O'Neill
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Jessica Deglau
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Misty Hyman
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Susie O'Neill of Australia.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		2:05.96	Brown Deer, United States	August 13, 1981
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:07.29	Atlanta, United States	August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:07.73	Q
2			2:09.79	Q
3			2:10.97	Q
4			2:11.22	Q
5			2:12.60	Q
6			2:13.48	Q
7			2:13.99	Q
8			2:14.58	Q
9			2:14.63	Q
10			2:15.01	Q
11			2:15.15	Q
12			2:15.36	Q
13			2:15.41	Q
14			2:15.47	Q
15			2:15.94	Q
16			2:16.10	Q
17			2:17.26
18			2:17.26
19			2:19.48
20			2:21.90
21			2:24.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:06.53	Q, CR, CWR
2			2:10.45	Q
3			2:10.82	Q
4			2:11.36	Q
5			2:11.63	Q
6			2:11.81	Q
7			2:13.42	Q
8			2:13.45	Q
9			2:13.83
10			2:14.38
11			2:14.69
12			2:15.45
13			2:15.76
14			2:16.34
15			2:16.47
16			2:17.09

Final

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:06.60
			2:10.27
	Misty Hyman		2:10.40
4	Ayari Aoyama		2:11.27
5	Molly Freedman		2:11.73
6	Maki Mita		2:12.31
7	Amanda Loots		2:12.87
8	Andrea Schwartz		2:14.45

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . May 3, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual