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

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

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | August 13, 1981 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Susie O'Neill (AUS) | 2:07.29 | Atlanta, United States | August 10, 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 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:07.73 | Q |
| 2 | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:09.79 | Q |
| 3 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:10.97 | Q |
| 4 | Molly Freedman | United States | 2:11.22 | Q |
| 5 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:12.60 | Q |
| 6 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 2:13.48 | Q |
| 7 | Jennifer Button | Canada | 2:13.99 | Q |
| 8 | Amanda Loots | South Africa | 2:14.58 | Q |
| 9 | Yasuko Tajima | Japan | 2:14.63 | Q |
| 10 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:15.01 | Q |
| 11 | Brooke Bennett | United States | 2:15.15 | Q |
| 12 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 2:15.36 | Q |
| 13 | Karine Chevrier | Canada | 2:15.41 | Q |
| 14 | Cho Hee-Yeon | South Korea | 2:15.47 | Q |
| 15 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 2:15.94 | Q |
| 16 | Renate du Plessis | South Africa | 2:16.10 | Q |
| 17 | Junko Onishi | Japan | 2:17.26 | |
| 18 | Kate Godfrey | Australia | 2:17.26 | |
| 19 | Sarah Evanetz | Canada | 2:19.48 | |
| 20 | Natalie du Toit | South Africa | 2:21.90 | |
| 21 | Carissa Thompson | New Zealand | 2:24.95 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:06.53 | Q, CR, CWR |
| 2 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:10.45 | Q |
| 3 | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:10.82 | Q |
| 4 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:11.36 | Q |
| 5 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:11.63 | Q |
| 6 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 2:11.81 | Q |
| 7 | Amanda Loots | South Africa | 2:13.42 | Q |
| 8 | Yasuko Tajima | Japan | 2:13.45 | Q |
| 9 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 2:13.83 | |
| 10 | Junko Onishi | Japan | 2:14.38 | |
| 11 | Jennifer Button | Canada | 2:14.69 | |
| 12 | Brooke Bennett | United States | 2:15.45 | |
| 13 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 2:15.76 | |
| 14 | Cho Hee-Yeon | South Korea | 2:16.34 | |
| 15 | Renate du Plessis | South Africa | 2:16.47 | |
| 16 | Karine Chevrier | Canada | 2:17.09 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 26.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:06.60 |
| | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:10.27 |
| | Misty Hyman | United States | 2:10.40 |
| 4 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 2:11.27 |
| 5 | Molly Freedman | United States | 2:11.73 |
| 6 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:12.31 |
| 7 | Amanda Loots | South Africa | 2:12.87 |
| 8 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 2:14.45 |