2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 23, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	21
Win Value:	2:07.49
Gold:	Belinda Hocking
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Emily Seebohm
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Elizabeth Beisel
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Elizabeth Beisel of United States.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record		2:04.06	London, UK	August 3, 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:07.48	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 23, at 11:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:08.99	QA
2			2:09.00	QA
3			2:09.24	QA
4			2:09.72	QA
5			2:09.73	QA
6			2:09.95	QA
7			2:10.22	QA
8			2:10.99	QA
9			2:11.12	QB
10			2:11.24	QB
11			2:12.14	QB
12			2:13.38	QB
13			2:13.55	QB
14			2:13.96	QB
15			2:14.16	QB
16			2:14.83	QB
17			2:16.00
18			2:18.82
19			2:19.06
20			2:20.25
21			2:20.43

B Final

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			2:09.36
10			2:09.76
11			2:10.76
12			2:12.36
13			2:17.65
14			2:18.12
15			2:19.42
16			2:19.63

A Final

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:07.49
			2:07.61
			2:08.33
4			2:08.82
5			2:09.02
6			2:09.59
7			2:09.65
8			2:12.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . October 8, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . October 8, 2014 . October 15, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015001618/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F021.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . October 8, 2014.
4. 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 .