2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1][2] The last champion was Rebecca Soni of United States.[3]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	15
Winning time	2:21.41
Medalists
Kanako Watanabe    Japan   Rie Kaneto    Japan   Taylor McKeown    Australia

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[4]

Records

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

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	August 1, 2013
Pan Pacific Championships record	Rebecca Soni (USA)	2:20.69	Irvine, United States	August 21, 2010

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, at 11:22.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2:23.18	QA
2	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	2:23.44	QA
3	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:24.02	QA
4	Breeja Larson	United States	2:24.50	QA
5	Micah Lawrence	United States	2:24.70	QA
6	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:25.16	QA
7	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:26.12	QA
8	Mio Motegi	Japan	2:26.22	QA
9	Sally Hunter	Australia	2:26.44	QB
10	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:30.45	QB
11	Jonker Franko	South Africa	2:32.68	QB
12	Tera van Beilen	Canada	2:35.41	QB
13	Ana Carla Carvalho	Brazil	2:38.67	QB
14	Yvette Kong	Hong Kong	2:39.73	QB
15	Liu Xiaoyu	China	2:40.35	QB

B Final

The B final was held on August 24, at 20:35.[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Mio Motegi	Japan	2:27.20
10	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:30.87
11	Franko Jonker	South Africa	2:33.87
12	Liu Xiaoyu	China	2:35.14

A Final

The A final was held on August 24, at 20:35.[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	2:21.41
	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2:21.90
	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:22.89
4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:23.32
5	Micah Lawrence	United States	2:24.60
6	Breeja Larson	United States	2:24.90
7	Sally Hunter	Australia	2:25.25
8	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:25.62

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
3. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.