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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 25, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	8
Win Value:	2:23.64
Gold:	Penelope Heyns
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Kristy Kowal
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Sarah Poewe
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Samantha Riley of Australia.^[2]

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

Records

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

World record		2:24.51	Los Angeles, United States	July 17, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:24.81	Atlanta, United States	August 13, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:24.61	Q, CR
2			2:27.90	Q
3			2:29.43	Q
4			2:29.73	Q
5			2:29.94	Q
6			2:30.39	Q
7			2:31.08	Q
8			2:31.52	Q
9			2:31.98	Q
10			2:33.14	Q
11			2:33.56	Q
12			2:34.01	Q
13			2:35.13	Q
14			2:36.67	Q
15			2:37.07	Q
16			2:37.35	Q
17			2:37.57
18			2:37.96
19			2:38.49
20			2:48.37
21			2:49.16
22			2:49.52

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:24.42	Q, WR
2			2:26.11	Q
3			2:28.41	Q
4			2:28.47	Q
4			2:28.47	Q
6			2:29.62	Q
7			2:29.96	Q
8			2:30.21	Q
9			2:30.66
10			2:30.91
11			2:33.52
12			2:33.92
13			2:34.11
14			2:34.34
15			2:36.70
16			2:38.60

Final

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:23.64	WR
			2:25.52
	Sarah Poewe		2:25.90
4	Samantha Riley		2:28.75
5	Masami Tanaka		2:29.46
6	Catherine Street		2:30.00
7	Ayumi Shirata		2:30.14
8	Caroline Hildreth		2:31.11

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . May 1, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .