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

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.[2]

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors	45 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:58.17
Medalists
Susie O'Neill    Australia   Lindsay Benko    United States   Ellen Stonebraker    United States

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	September 6, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	Claudia Poll (CRC)	1:57.48	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 1997

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 24.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susie O'Neill	Australia	1:59.47	Q
2	Lindsay Benko	United States	1:59.81	Q
3	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	2:00.30	Q
4	Cristina Teucher	United States	2:00.43	Q
5	Ellen Stonebraker	United States	2:00.48	Q
6	Jenny Thompson	United States	2:00.71	Q
7	Suzu Chiba	Japan	2:00.75	Q
8	Rebecca Creedy	Australia	2:01.34	Q
9	Samantha Arsenault	United States	2:01.56	Q
10	Sarah Tolar	United States	2:01.57	Q
11	Lori Munz	Australia	2:01.90	Q
12	Kari Haag-Woodall	United States	2:02.07	Q
12	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:02.07	Q
14	Jacinta van Lint	Australia	2:02.48	Q
15	Elli Overton	Australia	2:02.55	Q
16	Junko Nakatani	Japan	2:03.14	?
16	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:03.14	?
18	Laura Nicholls	Canada	2:03.48
19	Sarah D'Arcy	Australia	2:03.76
20	Liesl Kolbisen	United States	2:04.09
21	Maki Mita	Japan	2:04.21
22	Kate Godfrey	Australia	2:04.36
23	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:04.46
24	Jen Button	Canada	2:04.48
25	Deanna Schonwald	New Zealand	2:04.84
26	Melanie Dodd	Australia	2:05.08
27	Charlene Benzie	Australia	2:05.14
28	Tsai Shu-min	Chinese Taipei	2:05.33
29	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:05.55
30	Sachiko Yamada	Japan	2:05.67
31	Katie Brambley	Canada	2:05.87
32	Kim van Selm	South Africa	2:06.04
33	Melissa Deary	United States	2:06.05
34	Lindsay Beavers	Canada	2:06.23
35	Danielle Woods	Australia	2:06.52
36	Kirsten van Heerden	South Africa	2:06.78
37	Alison Fitch	New Zealand	2:06.82
38	Stacey Bowley	South Africa	2:07.10
39	Monique Robins	New Zealand	2:07.15
40	Jenna Gresdal	Canada	2:07.40
41	Danielle Bell	Canada	2:07.65
42	Chiang Tzu-ying	Chinese Taipei	2:08.37
43	Sung Yi-chieh	Chinese Taipei	2:09.45
44	Kuan Chia-hsien	Chinese Taipei	2:09.55
45	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	2:10.67

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susie O'Neill	Australia	1:59.88	Q
2	Lindsay Benko	United States	2:00.31	Q
3	Ellen Stonebraker	United States	2:00.52	Q
4	Suzu Chiba	Japan	2:00.53	Q
5	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	2:00.76	Q
6	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:01.02	Q
7	Sarah Tolar	United States	2:01.14	Q
8	Rebecca Creedy	Australia	2:01.21	Q
9	Samantha Arsenault	United States	2:01.33
10	Jacinta van Lint	Australia	2:01.96
11	Jen Button	Canada	2:02.48
12	Junko Nakatani	Japan	2:03.14
13	Laura Nicholls	Canada	2:02.93
14	Maki Mita	Japan	2:03.35
15	Deanna Schonwald	New Zealand	2:04.62
16	Roh Joo-hee	South Korea	2:04.71

Final

The final was held on August 25.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Susie O'Neill	Australia	1:58.17	CWR
	Lindsay Benko	United States	1:59.60
	Ellen Stonebraker	United States	2:00.46
4	Suzu Chiba	Japan	2:00.54
5	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:00.60
6	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	2:01.26
7	Junko Nakatani	Japan	2:01.94
8	Laura Nicholls	Canada	2:04.73

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 12, 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.