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

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Belinda Hocking of Australia.

## Records

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

| World record | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:04.06 | London, United Kingdom | 3 August 2012 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Elizabeth Pelton (USA) | 2:07.48 | Irvine, United States | 20 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 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:07.86 | QA |
| 2 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:08.37 | QA |
| 3 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:08.38 | QA |
| 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:08.45 | QA |
| 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:09.26 | QA |
| 6 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:09.27 | QA |
| 6 | Olivia Smoliga | United States | 2:09.27 | QB |
| 8 | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 2:09.48 | QA |
| 9 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:09.63 | QB |
| 10 | Alex Galyer | New Zealand | 2:10.11 | QA |
| 11 | Anna Konishi | Japan | 2:10.24 | QB |
| 12 | Mabel Zavaros | Canada | 2:12.20 | QB |
| 13 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 2:12.65 | QB |
| 14 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 2:13.05 | QB |
| 15 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 2:13.33 | QB |
| 16 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:14.44 | |
| 17 | Yang Yifan | China | 2:14.59 | QB |
| 18 | Chloe Isleta | Philippines | 2:19.53 | |
| 19 | McKenna DeBever | Peru | 2:22.38 | |
| 20 | Gianna Garcia | Philippines | 2:32.16 | |
| 21 | Osisang Chilton | Palau | 2:46.76 | |

### B Final

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

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:09.22 |
| 10 | Anna Konishi | Japan | 2:09.44 |
| 11 | Olivia Smoliga | United States | 2:09.67 |
| 12 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 2:10.59 |
| 13 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 2:11.91 |
| 14 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 2:12.17 |
| 15 | Mabel Zavaros | Canada | 2:12.18 |
| 16 | Yang Yifan | China | 2:13.50 |

### A Final

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

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kathleen Baker | United States | 2:06.14 | CR |
| | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:06.41 | |
| | Regan Smith | United States | 2:06.46 | |
| 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:07.00 | |
| 5 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:07.01 | |
| 6 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:07.12 | |
| 7 | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 2:08.18 | |
| 8 | Alex Galyer | New Zealand | 2:10.26 | |
