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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 27, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:11.36
Medalists
Tomoko Hagiwara    Japan   Miki Nakao    Japan   Lindsay Benko    United States

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Sydney, Australia
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

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.^[1] The last champion was Mai Nakamura of Japan.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:06.62	Athens, Greece	August 25, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:10.79	Edmonton, Canada	August 24, 1991

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.^[1]

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

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.^[1]

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

Final

The final was held on August 28.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:11.36
02 !	Miki Nakao	Japan	2:11.41
03 !	Lindsay Benko	United States	2:13.51
4	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:13.81
5	Barbara Bedford	United States	2:14.29
6	Danielle Lewis	Australia	2:14.35
7	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:15.26
8	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:15.91

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