2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Women's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 2014 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	21
Winning time	2:07.49
Medalists

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^[1]^[2] The last champion was Elizabeth Beisel of United States.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record	Missy Franklin (USA)	2:04.06	London, UK	August 3, 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record	Elizabeth Pelton (USA)	2:07.48	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

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 23, at 11:24.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:08.99	QA
2	Missy Franklin	United States	2:09.00	QA
3	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:09.24	QA
4	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2:09.72	QA
5	Dominic Bouchard	Canada	2:09.73	QA
6	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	2:09.95	QA
7	Brooklyn Snodgrass	Canada	2:10.22	QA
8	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:10.99	QA
9	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	2:11.12	QB
10	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:11.24	QB
11	Hali Flickinger	United States	2:12.14	QB
12	Kathleen Baker	United States	2:13.38	QB
13	Lisa Bratton	United States	2:13.55	QB
14	Marie Kamimura	Japan	2:13.96	QB
15	Shiho Sakai	Japan	2:14.16	QB
16	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:14.83	QB
17	Miyu Otsuka	Japan	2:16.00
18	Zhao Ying	China	2:18.82
19	Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	2:19.06
20	Beatrix Malan	South Africa	2:20.25
21	Marce Loubser	South Africa	2:20.43

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:36.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
9	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	2:09.36
10	Brooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	2:09.76
11	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	2:10.76
12	Shiho Sakai	Japan	2:12.36
13	Zhao Ying	China	2:17.65
14	Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	2:18.12
15	Beatrix Malan	South Africa	2:19.42
16	Marce Loubser	South Africa	2:19.63

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:36.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:07.49
	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:07.61
	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:08.33
4	Missy Franklin	United States	2:08.82
5	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2:09.02
6	Dominic Bouchard	Canada	2:09.59
7	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:09.65
8	Marie Kamimura	Japan	2:12.69

^ ^a ^b "Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
^ "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

2014 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
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