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

The women's 200 metre butterfly 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 Susie O'Neill of Australia.[2]

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 25, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors	21 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:06.60
Medalists
Susie O'Neill    Australia   Jessica Deglau    Canada   Misty Hyman    United States

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	2:05.96	Brown Deer, United States	August 13, 1981
Pan Pacific Championships record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:07.29	Atlanta, United States	August 10, 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	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:07.73	Q
2	Misty Hyman	United States	2:09.79	Q
3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.97	Q
4	Molly Freedman	United States	2:11.22	Q
5	Maki Mita	Japan	2:12.60	Q
6	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:13.48	Q
7	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:13.99	Q
8	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:14.58	Q
9	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:14.63	Q
10	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:15.01	Q
11	Brooke Bennett	United States	2:15.15	Q
12	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:15.36	Q
13	Karine Chevrier	Canada	2:15.41	Q
14	Cho Hee-Yeon	South Korea	2:15.47	Q
15	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:15.94	Q
16	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	2:16.10	Q
17	Junko Onishi	Japan	2:17.26
18	Kate Godfrey	Australia	2:17.26
19	Sarah Evanetz	Canada	2:19.48
20	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	2:21.90
21	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:24.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:06.53	Q, CR, CWR
2	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.45	Q
3	Misty Hyman	United States	2:10.82	Q
4	Maki Mita	Japan	2:11.36	Q
5	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:11.63	Q
6	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:11.81	Q
7	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:13.42	Q
8	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:13.45	Q
9	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:13.83
10	Junko Onishi	Japan	2:14.38
11	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:14.69
12	Brooke Bennett	United States	2:15.45
13	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:15.76
14	Cho Hee-Yeon	South Korea	2:16.34
15	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	2:16.47
16	Karine Chevrier	Canada	2:17.09

Final

The final was held on August 26.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:06.60
	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.27
	Misty Hyman	United States	2:10.40
4	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:11.27
5	Molly Freedman	United States	2:11.73
6	Maki Mita	Japan	2:12.31
7	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:12.87
8	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:14.45

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine