2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Margaret Hoelzer of US.[4]

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 19, 2006 (heats & finals)
Competitors	29 from 12 nations
Winning time	2:08.86
Medalists
Reiko Nakamura    Japan   Margaret Hoelzer    United States   Takami Igarashi    Japan

This race consisted of four 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	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:06.62	Athens, Greece	August 25, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:10.79	Edmonton, Canada	August 25, 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 19, at 11:01.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	2:10.02	QA, CR
2	3	4	Takami Igarashi	Japan	2:10.14	QA
3	4	5	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:10.20	QA
4	4	4	Hanae Ito	Japan	2:10.76	QA
5	2	5	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:11.68	QA
6	2	4	Joanna Fargus	Australia	2:12.30	QA
7	4	3	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:12.75	QA
8	2	3	Fran Adcock	Australia	2:12.88	QA
9	4	6	Teresa Crippen	United States	2:12.90	QB
10	3	2	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:13.11	QB
11	4	7	Ariana Kukors	United States	2:13.34	QB
12	2	2	Lauren English	United States	2:14.33	QB
13	2	6	Karina Leane	Australia	2:14.52	QB
14	3	6	Melissa Corfe	South Africa	2:14.64	QB
15	3	7	Jung Yoo-Jin	South Korea	2:15.39	QB
16	3	3	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:15.60	QB
17	4	2	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:15.99
18	3	1	Kristen Caverly	United States	2:16.14
19	1	4	Leila Vaziri	United States	2:17.43
20	4	8	Lee Nam-Eun	South Korea	2:17.59
21	3	8	Karah Stanworth	Canada	2:17.62
22	4	1	Liu Zhen	China	2:18.38
23	2	1	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	2:18.63
24	2	7	Melanie Bouchard	Canada	2:18.75
25	1	6	Monica Stitski	Canada	2:18.95
26	1	5	He Hsu-Jung	Chinese Taipei	2:20.29
27	2	8	Tsai Hiu-Wai	Hong Kong	2:20.52
28	1	3	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:23.37
29	1	2	Chelsey Salli	Canada	2:24.17

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Hanae Ito	Japan	2:09.21
10	5	Teresa Crippen	United States	2:12.38
11	7	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:13.65
12	6	Melissa Corfe	South Africa	2:13.79
13	1	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:13.83
14	2	Jung Yoo-Jin	South Korea	2:14.87
15	3	Karina Leane	Australia	2:15.65
16	8	Lee Nam-Eun	South Korea	2:18.74

A Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	2:08.86	CR
	3	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:09.42
	4	Takami Igarashi	Japan	2:10.30
4	8	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:12.34
5	6	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:12.61
6	2	Joanna Fargus	Australia	2:13.48
7	7	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:13.64
8	1	Fran Adcock	Australia	2:14.88

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
3. "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
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.