1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Mai Nakamura of Japan.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:06.62Athens, GreeceAugust 25, 1991Pan Pacific Championships record2:10.79Edmonton, CanadaAugust 24, 1991

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on August 27.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tomoko Hagiwara 2:12.21 Q 2 Miki Nakao 2:13.39 Q 3 Noriko Inada 2:14.29 Q 4 Lindsay Benko 2:14.70 Q 5 Nikki Tanner 2:15.04 Q 6 Barbara Bedford 2:15.92 Q 7 Emma Johnson 2:16.04 Q 8 Choi Soo-min 2:16.51 Q 8 Kelly Stefanyshyn 2:16.51 Q 10 Roh Joo-hee 2:16.69 Q 11 Lia Oberstar 2:16.79 Q 12 Helen Norfolk 2:16.97 Q 13 Mai Nakamura 2:17.00 Q 14 Danielle Lewis 2:17.31 Q 15 Dyana Calub 2:17.48 Q 16 Elizabeth Warden 2:17.59 Q 17 Charlene Wittstock 2:17.64 18 Erin Gammel 2:18.28 19 Giaan Rooney 2:18.57 20 Jennifer Reilly 2:18.89 21 Monique Robins 2:19.56 22 Carissa Thompson 2:19.56 23 Andrea Schwartz 2:19.56 24 Kuan Chia-hsien 2:19.56

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tomoko Hagiwara 2:11.21 Q 2 Miki Nakao 2:12.33 Q 3 Lindsay Benko 2:13.32 Q 4 Mai Nakamura 2:13.66 5 Noriko Inada 2:13.72 6 Barbara Bedford 2:13.77 Q 7 Kelly Stefanyshyn 2:14.58 Q 8 Danielle Lewis 2:14.73 Q 9 Roh Joo-hee 2:15.04 Q 10 Emma Johnson 2:15.22 Q 11 Lia Oberstar 2:16.65 12 Choi Soo-min 2:17.14 13 Helen Norfolk 2:17.47 14 Dyana Calub 2:17.48 15 Elizabeth Warden 2:17.51 16 Nikki Tanner 2:17.55

Final The final was held on August 28. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Tomoko Hagiwara 2:11.36 Miki Nakao 2:11.41 Lindsay Benko 2:13.51 4 Kelly Stefanyshyn 2:13.81 5 Barbara Bedford 2:14.29 6 Danielle Lewis 2:14.35 7 Roh Joo-hee 2:15.26 8 Emma Johnson 2:15.91

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