1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Women's 200 metre individual medley ; at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 1999 (heats &; semifinals); August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:13.63
Medalists

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Kristine Quance of US.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	2:09.72	Shanghai, China	October 17, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record	Allison Wagner (USA)	2:12.54	Kobe, Japan	August 15, 1993

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

The first round was held on August 24.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cristina Teuscher	United States	2:15.64	Q
2	Lori Munz	Australia	2:15.73	Q
2	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:15.73	Q
4	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:16.15	Q
5	Elli Overton	Australia	2:16.65	Q
6	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:17.00	Q
7	Marianne Limpert	Canada	2:17.36	Q
8	Rachel Harris	Australia	2:17.84	Q
9	Natalie Coughlin	United States	2:18.16	Q
10	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:18.48	Q
11	Megan McMahon	Australia	2:18.52	Q
12	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:18.76	Q
13	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:18.94	Q
14	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:19.06	Q
15	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	2:19.20	Q
16	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	2:20.40	Q
17	Miyuki Ishikawa	Japan	2:20.48
18	Kristen Bradley	Canada	2:20.53
19	Nadine Neumann	Australia	2:21.08
20	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:22.45
21	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:24.49
22	Sia Wai Yen	Malaysia	2:26.89
23	Kuan Chia-hsien	Chinese Taipei	2:28.30
24	Sung Yi-chieh	Chinese Taipei	2:30.66

The semifinals were held on August 24.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:13.95	Q, CWR
2	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:14.79	Q
3	Cristina Teuscher	United States	2:15.11	Q
4	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:15.33	Q
5	Marianne Limpert	Canada	2:15.76	Q
6	Elli Overton	Australia	2:16.24	Q
7	Lori Munz	Australia	2:16.61	Q
8	Natalie Coughlin	United States	2:16.68	Q
9	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:17.39
10	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	2:18.06
11	Rachel Harris	Australia	2:18.58
12	Megan McMahon	Australia	2:18.72
13	Miyuki Ishikawa	Japan	2:19.43
14	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:19.90
15	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:20.29
16	Kristen Bradley	Canada	2:20.37

The final was held on August 25.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:13.63	CWR
	Cristina Teuscher	United States	2:14.31
	Elli Overton	Australia	2:14.51
4	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:14.70
5	Marianne Limpert	Canada	2:15.77
6	Lori Munz	Australia	2:16.85
7	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:16.96
8	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:18.44

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women