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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 25, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors	21 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:06.60
Medalists
Susie O'Neill   Australia   Jessica Deglau   Canada   Misty Hyman   United States

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 record	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	2:05.96	Brown Deer, United States	August 13, 1981
Pan Pacific Championships record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:07.29	Atlanta, United States	August 10, 1995

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

Heats

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:07.73	Q
2	Misty Hyman	United States	2:09.79	Q
3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.97	Q
4	Molly Freedman	United States	2:11.22	Q
5	Maki Mita	Japan	2:12.60	Q
6	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:13.48	Q
7	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:13.99	Q
8	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:14.58	Q
9	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:14.63	Q
10	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:15.01	Q
11	Brooke Bennett	United States	2:15.15	Q
12	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:15.36	Q
13	Karine Chevrier	Canada	2:15.41	Q
14	Cho Hee-Yeon	South Korea	2:15.47	Q
15	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:15.94	Q
16	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	2:16.10	Q
17	Junko Onishi	Japan	2:17.26
18	Kate Godfrey	Australia	2:17.26
19	Sarah Evanetz	Canada	2:19.48
20	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	2:21.90
21	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:24.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:06.53	Q, CR, CWR
2	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.45	Q
3	Misty Hyman	United States	2:10.82	Q
4	Maki Mita	Japan	2:11.36	Q
5	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:11.63	Q
6	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:11.81	Q
7	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:13.42	Q
8	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	2:13.45	Q
9	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:13.83
10	Junko Onishi	Japan	2:14.38
11	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:14.69
12	Brooke Bennett	United States	2:15.45
13	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:15.76
14	Cho Hee-Yeon	South Korea	2:16.34
15	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	2:16.47
16	Karine Chevrier	Canada	2:17.09

Final

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:06.60
	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:10.27
	Misty Hyman	United States	2:10.40
4	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	2:11.27
5	Molly Freedman	United States	2:11.73
6	Maki Mita	Japan	2:12.31
7	Amanda Loots	South Africa	2:12.87
8	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	2:14.45