1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
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 | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | October 17, 1997 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 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 | 2:15.64 | Q | |
| 2 | Lori Munz | 2:15.73 | Q | |
| 2 | Joanne Malar | 2:15.73 | Q | |
| 4 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:16.15 | Q | |
| 5 | Elli Overton | 2:16.65 | Q | |
| 6 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:17.00 | Q | |
| 7 | Marianne Limpert | 2:17.36 | Q | |
| 8 | Rachel Harris | 2:17.84 | Q | |
| 9 | Natalie Coughlin | 2:18.16 | Q | |
| 10 | Yasuko Tajima | 2:18.48 | Q | |
| 11 | Megan McMahon | 2:18.52 | Q | |
| 12 | Emma Johnson | 2:18.76 | Q | |
| 13 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 2:18.94 | Q | |
| 14 | Elizabeth Warden | 2:19.06 | Q | |
| 15 | Helen Norfolk | 2:19.20 | Q | |
| 16 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:20.40 | Q | |
| 17 | Miyuki Ishikawa | 2:20.48 | ||
| 18 | Kristen Bradley | 2:20.53 | ||
| 19 | Nadine Neumann | 2:21.08 | ||
| 20 | Amanda Loots | 2:22.45 | ||
| 21 | Carissa Thompson | 2:24.49 | ||
| 22 | Sia Wai Yen | 2:26.89 | ||
| 23 | Kuan Chia-hsien | 2:28.30 | ||
| 24 | Sung Yi-chieh | 2:30.66 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 24.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joanne Malar | 2:13.95 | Q, CWR | |
| 2 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:14.79 | Q | |
| 3 | Cristina Teuscher | 2:15.11 | Q | |
| 4 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:15.33 | Q | |
| 5 | Marianne Limpert | 2:15.76 | Q | |
| 6 | Elli Overton | 2:16.24 | Q | |
| 7 | Lori Munz | 2:16.61 | Q | |
| 8 | Natalie Coughlin | 2:16.68 | Q | |
| 9 | Yasuko Tajima | 2:17.39 | ||
| 10 | Helen Norfolk | 2:18.06 | ||
| 11 | Rachel Harris | 2:18.58 | ||
| 12 | Megan McMahon | 2:18.72 | ||
| 13 | Miyuki Ishikawa | 2:19.43 | ||
| 14 | Elizabeth Warden | 2:19.90 | ||
| 15 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 2:20.29 | ||
| 16 | Kristen Bradley | 2:20.37 |
Final
The final was held on August 25.| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Joanne Malar | 2:13.63 | CWR | ||
| Cristina Teuscher | 2:14.31 | |||
| Elli Overton | 2:14.51 | |||
| 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:14.70 | ||
| 5 | Marianne Limpert | 2:15.77 | ||
| 6 | Lori Munz | 2:16.85 | ||
| 7 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:16.96 | ||
| 8 | Yasuko Tajima | 2:18.44 |