2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 21, 2010 (heats & finals)
Competitors	24 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:20.69
Medalists
Rebecca Soni   United States   Leisel Jones   Australia   Annamay Pierse   Canada

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Irvine, USA
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
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
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
Marathon
10 km		men		women

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^[1][2][3] The last champion was Suzaan van Biljon of South Africa.^[4][5]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.^[6]

Records

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

World record	Annamay Pierse (CAN)	2:20.12	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	2:23.64	Sydney, Australia	August 22, 1999

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 21, at 10:51.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Rebecca Soni	United States	2:23.97	QA
2	4	2	Amanda Beard	United States	2:25.52	QA
3	4	4	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2:25.80	QA
4	3	6	Micah Lawrence	United States	2:25.90	QA
5	4	3	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	2:26.01	QA
6	4	5	Annamay Pierse	Canada	2:26.07	QA
7	3	2	Katlin Freeman	United States	2:26.15	QA
8	2	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:26.16	QA
9	2	5	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:26.60	QB
10	2	3	Fumie Kawanabe	Japan	2:27.27	QB
11	3	3	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:27.47	QB
12	4	6	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:27.90	QB
13	2	6	Sally Foster	Australia	2:28.33	QB
14	2	7	Chelsey Salli	Canada	2:28.83	QB
15	2	2	Mina Matsushima	Japan	2:29.66	QB
16	3	5	Jeong Darae	South Korea	2:30.17	QB
17	1	4	Jillian Tyler	Canada	2:30.40
18	4	7	Ashley McGregor	Canada	2:31.95
19	2	1	Samantha Marshall	Australia	2:32.02
20	1	5	Ann Chandler	United States	2:32.87
21	4	1	Tianna Rissling	Canada	2:32.96
22	3	7	Sarra Lajnef	Tunisia	2:33.42
23	4	8	Carolina Mussi	Brazil	2:36.34
24	1	3	Juliana Marin	Brazil	2:41.67
-	3	1	Tatiane Sakemi	Brazil	DNS

B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 19:16.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Micah Lawrence	United States	2:25.19
10	5	Fumie Watanabe	Japan	2:27.28
11	3	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:27.69
12	2	Jeong Darae	South Korea	2:27.70
13	6	Chelsey Salli	Canada	2:28.95
14	7	Sarra Lajnef	Tunisia	2:34.40
15	1	Carolina Mussi	Brazil	2:39.76
16	8	Juliana Marin	Brazil	2:41.54

A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 19:16.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Rebecca Soni	United States	2:20.69	CR
	7	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:23.23
	2	Annamay Pierse	Canada	2:23.65
4	1	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:23.83
5	5	Amanda Beard	United States	2:24.30
6	6	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	2:24.38
7	3	Rie Kaneto	Japan	2:24.85
8	8	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:27.33

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke heats at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
3. 2010 Pan Pacific handbook
4. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
5. "2006 Pan Pacific - Full Results". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
6. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.