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


The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Susie O'Neill of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record2:05.96Brown Deer, United StatesAugust 13, 1981
Pan Pacific Championships record2:07.29Atlanta, United StatesAugust 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 25.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Susie O'Neill2:07.73Q
2Misty Hyman2:09.79Q
3Jessica Deglau2:10.97Q
4Molly Freedman2:11.22Q
5Maki Mita2:12.60Q
6Ayari Aoyama2:13.48Q
7Jennifer Button2:13.99Q
8Amanda Loots2:14.58Q
9Yasuko Tajima2:14.63Q
10Madeleine Crippen2:15.01Q
11Brooke Bennett2:15.15Q
12Andrea Schwartz2:15.36Q
13Karine Chevrier2:15.41Q
14Cho Hee-Yeon2:15.47Q
15Elizabeth Van Welie2:15.94Q
16Renate du Plessis2:16.10Q
17Junko Onishi2:17.26
18Kate Godfrey2:17.26
19Sarah Evanetz2:19.48
20Natalie du Toit2:21.90
21Carissa Thompson2:24.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Susie O'Neill2:06.53Q, CR, CWR
2Jessica Deglau2:10.45Q
3Misty Hyman2:10.82Q
4Maki Mita2:11.36Q
5Madeleine Crippen2:11.63Q
6Ayari Aoyama2:11.81Q
7Amanda Loots2:13.42Q
8Yasuko Tajima2:13.45Q
9Andrea Schwartz2:13.83
10Junko Onishi2:14.38
11Jennifer Button2:14.69
12Brooke Bennett2:15.45
13Elizabeth Van Welie2:15.76
14Cho Hee-Yeon2:16.34
15Renate du Plessis2:16.47
16Karine Chevrier2:17.09

Final

The final was held on August 26.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Susie O'Neill2:06.60
Jessica Deglau2:10.27
Misty Hyman2:10.40
4Ayari Aoyama2:11.27
5Molly Freedman2:11.73
6Maki Mita2:12.31
7Amanda Loots2:12.87
8Andrea Schwartz2:14.45