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. The last champion was Samantha Riley of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:24.51Los Angeles, United StatesJuly 17, 1999Pan Pacific Championships record2:24.81Atlanta, United StatesAugust 13, 1995

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on August 25.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Penelope Heyns 2:24.61 Q, CR 2 Kristy Kowal 2:27.90 Q 3 Samantha Riley 2:29.43 Q 4 Sarah Poewe 2:29.73 Q 5 Masami Tanaka 2:29.94 Q 6 Catherine Street 2:30.39 Q 7 Madeleine Crippen 2:31.08 Q 8 Caroline Hildreth 2:31.52 Q 9 Ayumi Shirata 2:31.98 Q 10 Fumiko Kawanabe 2:33.14 Q 11 Tarnee White 2:33.56 Q 12 Nadine Neumann 2:34.01 Q 13 Megan Quann 2:35.13 Q 14 Ashley Roby 2:36.67 15 Jolie Workman 2:37.07 Q 16 Lauren van Oosten 2:37.35 Q 17 Kye Yoon-Hee 2:37.57 Q 18 Elizabeth Warden 2:37.96 19 Megan McMahon 2:38.49 20 Carissa Thompson 2:48.37 21 Ziada Jardine 2:49.16 22 Lin Fang-Tzu 2:49.52

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Penelope Heyns 2:24.42 Q, WR 2 Kristy Kowal 2:26.11 Q 3 Sarah Poewe 2:28.41 Q 4 Samantha Riley 2:28.47 Q 4 Masami Tanaka 2:28.47 Q 6 Ayumi Shirata 2:29.62 Q 7 Catherine Street 2:29.96 Q 8 Fumiko Kawanabe 2:30.21 9 Madeleine Crippen 2:30.66 10 Caroline Hildreth 2:30.91 Q 11 Nadine Neumann 2:33.52 12 Megan Quann 2:33.92 13 Tarnee White 2:34.11 14 Lauren van Oosten 2:34.34 15 Jolie Workman 2:36.70 16 Kye Yoon-Hee 2:38.60

Final The final was held on August 26. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Penelope Heyns 2:23.64 WR Kristy Kowal 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

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