2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 20, 2006 (heats & finals)
Competitors	20 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:26.36
Medalists
Suzaan van Biljon    South Africa   Asami Kitagawa    Japan   Jung Seul-Ki    South Korea

2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
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	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.^[1][2][3] The last champion was Amanda Beard of US.^[4]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.^[5]

Records

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

World record	Leisel Jones (AUS)	2:20.54	Melbourne, Australia	February 1, 2006
Pan Pacific Championships record	Penny Heyns (RSA)	2:23.64	Sydney, Australia	August 27, 1999

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 20, at 10:38.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Suzaan Van Biljon	South Africa	2:27.76	QA
2	1	4	Asami Kitagawa	Japan	2:28.48	QA
3	2	3	Megan Jendrick	United States	2:28.91	QA
4	2	5	Kristen Caverly	United States	2:28.98	QA
5	2	4	Tara Kirk	United States	2:29.45	QA
6	3	5	Jung Seul-Ki	South Korea	2:29.51	QA
7	3	3	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	2:31.10	QA
8	3	6	Back Su-Yeon	South Korea	2:31.48	QA
9	3	7	Chelsey Salli	Canada	2:31.57	QB
10	1	3	Sun Ye	China	2:32.64	QB
11	2	6	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	2:33.01	QB
11	2	2	Jillian Tyler	Canada	2:33.01	QB
13	1	6	Kathleen Stoody	Canada	2:33.70	QB
14	1	5	Yoshimi Miwa	Japan	2:34.96	QB
15	3	1	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	2:35.61	QB
16	1	7	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	2:37.20	QB
17	2	1	Helen Pitchik	Canada	2:37.22
18	2	7	Jessica Hardy	United States	2:37.43
19	1	1	Annabelle Carey	New Zealand	2:38.24
20	1	2	Chen Huijia	China	2:40.39
-	3	2	Ariana Kukors	United States	DSQ

B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:27.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Tara Kirk	United States	2:30.90
10	5	Sun Ye	China	2:31.82
11	3	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	2:32.43
12	8	Chen Huijia	China	2:33.29
13	6	Kathleen Stoody	Canada	2:33.57
14	7	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	2:34.52
15	2	Yoshimi Miwa	Japan	2:34.91
16	1	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	2:35.22

A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:27.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Suzaan Van Biljon	South Africa	2:26.36
	5	Asami Kitagawa	Japan	2:27.07
	2	Jung Seul-Ki	South Korea	2:27.09
4	3	Megan Jendrick	United States	2:27.98
5	1	Back Su-Yeon	South Korea	2:28.62
6	6	Kristen Caverly	United States	2:28.66
7	7	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	2:29.08
8	8	Chelsey Salli	Canada	2:32.19

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