2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Kanako Watanabe of Japan.[2]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates12 August (heats &
finals)
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Winning time2:21.88
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
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Records

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

World record  Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)2:19.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2013
Pan Pacific Championships record  Rebecca Soni (USA)2:20.69Irvine, United States21 August 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.[4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lilly King  United States2:22.41QA
2Micah Sumrall  United States2:22.62QA
3Satomi Suzuki  Japan2:23.57QA
4Bethany Galat  United States2:23.78QB
5Kelsey Wog  Canada2:25.13QA
6Sydney Pickrem  Canada2:25.48QA
7Reona Aoki  Japan2:25.78QA
8Kierra Smith  Canada2:26.01QB
9Julia Sebastián  Argentina2:26.73QA
10Jessica Hansen  Australia2:27.10QA, WD
11Sakiko Shimizu  Japan2:27.17QB
12Melanie Margalis  United States2:27.99QB
13Macarena Ceballos  Argentina2:28.41QA
14Zheng Muyan  China2:32.13QB
15Rachel Nicol  Canada2:34.01QB
16Leiston Pickett  Australia2:35.07QB, WD

B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Bethany Galat  United States2:24.18
10Sakiko Shimizu  Japan2:25.76
11Kierra Smith  Canada2:26.96
12Melanie Margalis  United States2:27.58
13Zheng Muyan  China2:29.29
14Rachel Nicol  Canada2:29.39

A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.[6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Micah Sumrall  United States2:21.88
Lilly King  United States2:22.12
Satomi Suzuki  Japan2:22.22
4Reona Aoki  Japan2:24.46
5Sydney Pickrem  Canada2:24.73
6Kelsey Wog  Canada2:24.73
7Julia Sebastián  Argentina2:25.55
8Macarena Ceballos  Argentina2:29.51

References