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

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
Belinda Hocking    Australia   Emily Seebohm    Australia   Elizabeth Beisel    United States

2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Gold Coast, Australia
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		women
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
Open water
10 km		men		women

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

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 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

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	2:09.36
10	Brooklyn 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

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

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