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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 25, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors	22 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:23.64
Medalists
Penelope Heyns    South Africa   Kristy Kowal    United States   Sarah Poewe    South Africa

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 breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Samantha Riley of Australia.^[2]

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

Records

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

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	2:24.51	Los Angeles, United States	July 17, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	2:24.81	Atlanta, United States	August 13, 1995

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 25.^[1]

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

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.^[1]

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

Final

The final was held on August 26.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	2:23.64	WR
	Kristy Kowal	United States	2:25.52
	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	2:25.90
4	Samantha Riley	Australia	2:28.75
5	Masami Tanaka	Japan	2:29.46
6	Catherine Street	United States	2:30.00
7	Ayumi Shirata	Japan	2:30.14
8	Caroline Hildreth	Australia	2:31.11

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.