2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan.
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 20, at 10:00.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katie Hoff | 2:12.45 | QA, CR | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Whitney Myers | 2:12.85 | QA | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Ariana Kukors | 2:13.26 | QA | |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:15.75 | QA | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Stephanie Rice | 2:16.38 | QA | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Kathleen Hersey | 2:16.88 | QA | |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | 2:16.90 | QA | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | 2:17.05 | QA | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Kaitlin Sandeno | 2:17.52 | QB | |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:17.92 | QB | |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Teresa Crippen | 2:17.95 | QB | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Siow Yi Ting | 2:17.95 | QB | |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Jung Ji-Yeon | 2:18.06 | QB | |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Shayne Reese | 2:18.09 | QB | |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Mary Descenza | 2:18.27 | QB | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:18.28 | QB | |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Helen Norfolk | 2:18.35 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Liu Jing | 2:18.81 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Izumi Kato | 2:18.89 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Stephanie Horner | 2:19.03 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Chen Huijia | 2:19.14 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Xia Chenying | 2:19.95 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Tsai Hiu Wai | 2:20.49 | ||
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Kristen Bradley | 2:20.80 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:20.95 | ||
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:22.01 | ||
| - | 3 | 6 | Kristen Caverly | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was held on August 20, at 18:14.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Ariana Kukors | 2:12.22 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Shayne Reese | 2:15.06 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Jung Ji-Yeon | 2:17.14 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Stephanie Horner | 2:18.04 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Izumi Kato | 2:18.72 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:18.73 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Liu Jing | 2:18.91 | ||
| 16 | 2 | Helen Norfolk | 2:19.27 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 20, at 18:14.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Whitney Myers | 2:10.11 | CR | ||
| 4 | Katie Hoff | 2:11.51 | |||
| 6 | Stephanie Rice | 2:13.21 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | 2:14.27 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Maiko Fujino | 2:16.64 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Ashleigh McCleery | 2:16.75 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Siow Yi Ting | 2:16.92 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:17.49 |