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
gold medal  Tomoko Hagiwara   Japan silver medal  Miki Nakao   Japan bronze medal  Lindsay Benko   United States

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. 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 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.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.

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.

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.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:11.36
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Miki Nakao	Japan	2:11.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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