2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
# 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Kanako Watanabe of Japan.

## 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 | 1 August 2013 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:20.69 | Irvine, United States | 21 August 2010 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | QA | Qualified A Final | QB | Qualified B Final | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Heats

The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lilly King | United States | 2:22.41 | QA |
| 2 | Micah Sumrall | United States | 2:22.62 | QA |
| 3 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:23.57 | QA |
| 4 | Bethany Galat | United States | 2:23.78 | QB |
| 5 | Kelsey Wog | Canada | 2:25.13 | QA |
| 6 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:25.48 | QA |
| 7 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 2:25.78 | QA |
| 8 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:26.01 | QB |
| 9 | Julia Sebastián | Argentina | 2:26.73 | QA |
| 10 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 2:27.10 | QA, WD |
| 11 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:27.17 | QB |
| 12 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:27.99 | QB |
| 13 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:28.41 | QA |
| 14 | Zheng Muyan | China | 2:32.13 | QB |
| 15 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 2:34.01 | QB |
| 16 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 2:35.07 | QB, WD |

### B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Bethany Galat | United States | 2:24.18 |
| 10 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 2:25.76 |
| 11 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 2:26.96 |
| 12 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 2:27.58 |
| 13 | Zheng Muyan | China | 2:29.29 |
| 14 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 2:29.39 |

### A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Micah Sumrall | United States | 2:21.88 |
| | Lilly King | United States | 2:22.12 |
| | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:22.22 |
| 4 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 2:24.46 |
| 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:24.73 |
| 6 | Kelsey Wog | Canada | 2:24.73 |
| 7 | Julia Sebastián | Argentina | 2:25.55 |
| 8 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 2:29.51 |
