The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:56.78Rome, ItalySeptember 6, 1994Pan Pacific Championships record1:57.48Fukuoka, JapanAugust 10, 1997

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on August 24.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Susie O'Neill 1:59.47 Q 2 Lindsay Benko 1:59.81 Q 3 Claudia Poll 2:00.30 Q 4 Cristina Teucher 2:00.43 5 Ellen Stonebraker 2:00.48 Q 6 Jenny Thompson 2:00.71 7 Suzu Chiba 2:00.75 Q 8 Rebecca Creedy 2:01.34 Q 9 Samantha Arsenault 2:01.56 Q 10 Sarah Tolar 2:01.57 Q 11 Lori Munz 2:01.90 12 Kari Haag-Woodall 2:02.07 12 Giaan Rooney 2:02.07 Q 14 Jacinta van Lint 2:02.48 Q 15 Elli Overton 2:02.55 16 Junko Nakatani 2:03.14 Q 16 Emma Johnson 2:03.14 18 Laura Nicholls 2:03.48 Q 19 Sarah D'Arcy 2:03.76 20 Liesl Kolbisen 2:04.09 21 Maki Mita 2:04.21 Q 22 Kate Godfrey 2:04.36 23 Roh Joo-hee 2:04.46 Q 24 Jen Button 2:04.48 Q 25 Deanna Schonwald 2:04.84 26 Melanie Dodd 2:05.08 27 Charlene Benzie 2:05.14 28 Tsai Shu-min 2:05.33 29 Andrea Schwartz 2:05.55 30 Sachiko Yamada 2:05.67 31 Katie Brambley 2:05.87 32 Kim van Selm 2:06.04 33 Melissa Deary 2:06.05 34 Lindsay Beavers 2:06.23 35 Danielle Woods 2:06.52 36 Kirsten van Heerden 2:06.78 37 Alison Fitch 2:06.82 38 Stacey Bowley 2:07.10 39 Monique Robins 2:07.15 40 Jenna Gresdal 2:07.40 41 Danielle Bell 2:07.65 42 Chiang Tzu-ying 2:08.37 43 Sung Yi-chieh 2:09.45 44 Kuan Chia-hsien 2:09.55 45 Jolie Workman 2:10.67

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 24.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Susie O'Neill 1:59.88 Q 2 Lindsay Benko 2:00.31 Q 3 Ellen Stonebraker 2:00.52 Q 4 Suzu Chiba 2:00.53 Q 5 Claudia Poll 2:00.76 Q 6 Giaan Rooney 2:01.02 Q 7 Sarah Tolar 2:01.14 8 Rebecca Creedy 2:01.21 9 Samantha Arsenault 2:01.33 10 Jacinta van Lint 2:01.96 11 Jen Button 2:02.48 12 Junko Nakatani 2:03.14 Q 13 Laura Nicholls 2:02.93 Q 14 Maki Mita 2:03.35 15 Deanna Schonwald 2:04.62 16 Roh Joo-hee 2:04.71

Final The final was held on August 25. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Susie O'Neill 1:58.17 CWR Lindsay Benko 1:59.60 Ellen Stonebraker 2:00.46 4 Suzu Chiba 2:00.54 5 Giaan Rooney 2:00.60 6 Claudia Poll 2:01.26 7 Junko Nakatani 2:01.94 8 Laura Nicholls 2:04.73

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