1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# 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. The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.

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

## 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 |
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| 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 |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 24.

| 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.

| 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.

| 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 | |
