The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Belinda Hocking of Australia.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:04.06London, United Kingdom3 August 2012Pan Pacific Championships record2:07.48Irvine, United States20 August 2010
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Regan Smith 2:07.86 QA 2 Taylor Ruck 2:08.37 QA 3 Kathleen Baker 2:08.38 QA 4 Kylie Masse 2:08.45 QA 5 Emily Seebohm 2:09.26 QA 6 Kaylee McKeown 2:09.27 QA 6 Olivia Smoliga 2:09.27 QB 8 Natsumi Sakai 2:09.48 QA 9 Hali Flickinger 2:09.63 QB 10 Alex Galyer 2:10.11 QA 11 Anna Konishi 2:10.24 QB 12 Mabel Zavaros 2:12.20 QB 13 Kennedy Goss 2:12.65 QB 14 Rio Shirai 2:13.05 QB 15 Mikkayla Sheridan 2:13.33 QB 16 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson 2:14.44 17 Yang Yifan 2:14.59 QB 18 Chloe Isleta 2:19.53 19 McKenna DeBever 2:22.38 20 Gianna Garcia 2:32.16 21 Osisang Chilton 2:46.76
B Final The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Hali Flickinger 2:09.22 10 Anna Konishi 2:09.44 11 Olivia Smoliga 2:09.67 12 Mikkayla Sheridan 2:10.59 13 Rio Shirai 2:11.91 14 Kennedy Goss 2:12.17 15 Mabel Zavaros 2:12.18 16 Yang Yifan 2:13.50
A Final The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kathleen Baker 2:06.14 CR Taylor Ruck 2:06.41 Regan Smith 2:06.46 4 Kylie Masse 2:07.00 5 Kaylee McKeown 2:07.01 6 Emily Seebohm 2:07.12 7 Natsumi Sakai 2:08.18 8 Alex Galyer 2:10.26
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