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Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 27, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:11.36
Medalists
Tomoko Hagiwara    Japan   Miki Nakao    Japan   Lindsay Benko    United States
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1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Mai Nakamura of Japan.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

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 24, 1991

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:12.21	Q
2	Miki Nakao	Japan	2:13.39	Q
3	Noriko Inada	Japan	2:14.29	Q
4	Lindsay Benko	United States	2:14.70	Q
5	Nikki Tanner	New Zealand	2:15.04	Q
6	Barbara Bedford	United States	2:15.92	Q
7	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:16.04	Q
8	Choi Soo-min	South Korea	2:16.51	Q
8	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:16.51	Q
10	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:16.69	Q
11	Lia Oberstar	United States	2:16.79	Q
12	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	2:16.97	Q
13	Mai Nakamura	Japan	2:17.00	Q
14	Danielle Lewis	Australia	2:17.31	Q
15	Dyana Calub	Australia	2:17.48	Q
16	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:17.59	Q
17	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	2:17.64
18	Erin Gammel	Canada	2:18.28
19	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:18.57
20	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	2:18.89
21	Monique Robins	New Zealand	2:19.56
22	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:19.56
23	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:19.56
24	Kuan Chia-hsien	Chinese Taipei	2:19.56

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:11.21	Q
2	Miki Nakao	Japan	2:12.33	Q
3	Lindsay Benko	United States	2:13.32	Q
4	Mai Nakamura	Japan	2:13.66	Q
5	Noriko Inada	Japan	2:13.72	Q
6	Barbara Bedford	United States	2:13.77	Q
7	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:14.58	Q
8	Danielle Lewis	Australia	2:14.73	Q
9	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:15.04
10	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:15.22
11	Lia Oberstar	United States	2:16.65
12	Choi Soo-min	South Korea	2:17.14
13	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	2:17.47
14	Dyana Calub	Australia	2:17.48
15	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:17.51
16	Nikki Tanner	New Zealand	2:17.55

Final

The final was held on August 28.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:11.36
	Miki Nakao	Japan	2:11.41
	Lindsay Benko	United States	2:13.51
4	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:13.81
5	Barbara Bedford	United States	2:14.29
6	Danielle Lewis	Australia	2:14.35
7	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:15.26
8	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:15.91

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.

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