# 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Samantha Riley of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 2:24.51 | Los Angeles, United States | July 17, 1999 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Samantha Riley (AUS) | 2:24.81 | Atlanta, United States | August 13, 1995 |

## 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 25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:24.61 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:27.90 | Q |
| 3 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:29.43 | Q |
| 4 | Sarah Poewe | South Africa | 2:29.73 | Q |
| 5 | Masami Tanaka | Japan | 2:29.94 | Q |
| 6 | Catherine Street | United States | 2:30.39 | Q |
| 7 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:31.08 | Q |
| 8 | Caroline Hildreth | Australia | 2:31.52 | Q |
| 9 | Ayumi Shirata | Japan | 2:31.98 | Q |
| 10 | Fumiko Kawanabe | Japan | 2:33.14 | Q |
| 11 | Tarnee White | Australia | 2:33.56 | Q |
| 12 | Nadine Neumann | Australia | 2:34.01 | Q |
| 13 | Megan Quann | United States | 2:35.13 | Q |
| 14 | Ashley Roby | United States | 2:36.67 | Q |
| 15 | Jolie Workman | New Zealand | 2:37.07 | Q |
| 16 | Lauren van Oosten | Canada | 2:37.35 | Q |
| 17 | Kye Yoon-Hee | South Korea | 2:37.57 | |
| 18 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:37.96 | |
| 19 | Megan McMahon | Australia | 2:38.49 | |
| 20 | Carissa Thompson | New Zealand | 2:48.37 | |
| 21 | Ziada Jardine | South Africa | 2:49.16 | |
| 22 | Lin Fang-Tzu | Chinese Taipei | 2:49.52 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:24.42 | Q, WR |
| 2 | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:26.11 | Q |
| 3 | Sarah Poewe | South Africa | 2:28.41 | Q |
| 4 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:28.47 | Q |
| 4 | Masami Tanaka | Japan | 2:28.47 | Q |
| 6 | Ayumi Shirata | Japan | 2:29.62 | Q |
| 7 | Catherine Street | United States | 2:29.96 | Q |
| 8 | Fumiko Kawanabe | Japan | 2:30.21 | Q |
| 9 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:30.66 | |
| 10 | Caroline Hildreth | Australia | 2:30.91 | |
| 11 | Nadine Neumann | Australia | 2:33.52 | |
| 12 | Megan Quann | United States | 2:33.92 | |
| 13 | Tarnee White | Australia | 2:34.11 | |
| 14 | Lauren van Oosten | Canada | 2:34.34 | |
| 15 | Jolie Workman | New Zealand | 2:36.70 | |
| 16 | Kye Yoon-Hee | South Korea | 2:38.60 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 26.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:23.64 | WR |
| | Kristy Kowal | United States | 2:25.52 | |
| | Sarah Poewe | South Africa | 2:25.90 | |
| 4 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:28.75 | |
| 5 | Masami Tanaka | Japan | 2:29.46 | |
| 6 | Catherine Street | United States | 2:30.00 | |
| 7 | Ayumi Shirata | Japan | 2:30.14 | |
| 8 | Caroline Hildreth | Australia | 2:31.11 | |