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

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
Joanne Malar   Canada   Cristina Teuscher   United States   Elli Overton   Australia

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. The last champion was Kristine Quance of US.

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

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

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 24.

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

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.

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

Final

The final was held on August 25.

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