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

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]

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

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 Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.