2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Natalie Coughlin of US.[4]

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 17, 2006 (heats & finals)
Competitors	29 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:00.63
Medalists
Hanae Ito    Japan   Natalie Coughlin    United States   Reiko Nakamura    Japan

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[5]

Records

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

World record	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.58	Fort Lauderdale, United States	August 13, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.72	Yokohama, Japan	August 26, 2002

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 17, at 10:39.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	1:00.06	QA
2	4	5	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	1:00.97	QA
3	3	4	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:01.32	QA
4	2	5	Lauren English	United States	1:01.68	QA
5	3	5	Leila Vaziri	United States	1:01.82	QA
6	4	3	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	1:01.93	QA
7	2	3	Fran Adcock	Australia	1:01.95	QA
8	4	7	Liz Coster	New Zealand	1:02.04	QA
9	2	4	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	1:02.13	QB
10	2	6	Joanna Fargus	Australia	1:02.36	QB
11	4	2	Ariana Kukors	United States	1:02.42	QB
12	3	3	Takami Igarashi	Japan	1:02.46	QB
13	3	7	Erin Gammel	Canada	1:02.59	QB
14	2	2	Karina Leame	Australia	1:02.60	QB
15	3	6	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	1:02.69	QB
16	3	1	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:02.70	QB
17	2	1	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	1:02.80
18	4	6	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	1:02.90
19	3	8	Tsai Hiu-Wai	Hong Kong	1:03.14
20	4	8	Lee Nam-Eun	South Korea	1:03.23
21	4	1	Jung Yoo-Jin	South Korea	1:03.56
22	2	8	Fabíola Molina	Brazil	1:03.69
23	1	4	Karah Stanworth	Canada	1:03.73
24	2	7	Liu Zhen	China	1:04.17
25	1	2	Seana Mitchell	Canada	1:05.82
26	1	3	Hannah Wilson	Hong Kong	1:05.91
27	3	2	Melissa Corfe	South Africa	1:05.95
28	1	5	He Hsu-Jung	Chinese Taipei	1:06.31
29	1	6	Lin Ting-Wei	Chinese Taipei	1:08.91

B Final

The B final was held on August 17, at 19:12.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Leila Vaziri	United States	1:01.53
10	7	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:01.72
11	5	Takami Igarashi	Japan	1:02.23
12	6	Karina Leame	Australia	1:02.52
13	2	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	1:02.54
14	8	Tsai Hiu-Wai	Hong Kong	1:03.12
15	1	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	1:03.21
16	3	Erin Gammel	Canada	1:03.24

A Final

The A final was held on August 17, at 19:12.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:00.63
	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	1:00.66
	5	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	1:00.86
4	6	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	1:01.53
5	2	Liz Coster	New Zealand	1:01.75
6	7	Fran Adcock	Australia	1:02.08
7	1	Joanna Fargus	Australia	1:02.21
8	8	Lauren English	United States	1:02.27

References

1. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
2. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
3. "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
4. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.