# 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 | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | October 17, 1997 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Allison Wagner (USA) | 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 | United States | 2:12.45 | QA, CR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Whitney Myers | United States | 2:12.85 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:13.26 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:15.75 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:16.38 | QA |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Kathleen Hersey | United States | 2:16.88 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | Australia | 2:16.90 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 2:17.05 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 2:17.52 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 2:17.92 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:17.95 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:17.95 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Jung Ji-Yeon | South Korea | 2:18.06 | QB |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 2:18.09 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Mary Descenza | United States | 2:18.27 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:18.28 | QB |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:18.35 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Liu Jing | China | 2:18.81 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Izumi Kato | Japan | 2:18.89 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 2:19.03 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Chen Huijia | China | 2:19.14 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Xia Chenying | China | 2:19.95 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Tsai Hiu Wai | Hong Kong | 2:20.49 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Kristen Bradley | Canada | 2:20.80 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:20.95 | |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 2:22.01 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | Kristen Caverly | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 18:14.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:12.22 |
| 10 | 3 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 2:15.06 |
| 11 | 5 | Jung Ji-Yeon | South Korea | 2:17.14 |
| 12 | 8 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 2:18.04 |
| 13 | 1 | Izumi Kato | Japan | 2:18.72 |
| 14 | 6 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:18.73 |
| 15 | 7 | Liu Jing | China | 2:18.91 |
| 16 | 2 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 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 | United States | 2:10.11 | CR |
| | 4 | Katie Hoff | United States | 2:11.51 | |
| | 6 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:13.21 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:14.27 | |
| 5 | 7 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 2:16.64 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ashleigh McCleery | Australia | 2:16.75 | |
| 7 | 8 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:16.92 | |
| 8 | 1 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 2:17.49 | |