# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Margaret Hoelzer of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | August 25, 1991 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Anna Simcic (NZL) | 2:10.79 | Edmonton, Canada | August 25, 1991 |

## 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 19, at 11:01.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 2:10.02 | QA, CR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Takami Igarashi | Japan | 2:10.14 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:10.20 | QA |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Hanae Ito | Japan | 2:10.76 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:11.68 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Joanna Fargus | Australia | 2:12.30 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:12.75 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 2:12.88 | QA |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:12.90 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:13.11 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:13.34 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Lauren English | United States | 2:14.33 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Karina Leane | Australia | 2:14.52 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 2:14.64 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Jung Yoo-Jin | South Korea | 2:15.39 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 2:15.60 | QB |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:15.99 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Kristen Caverly | United States | 2:16.14 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Leila Vaziri | United States | 2:17.43 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Lee Nam-Eun | South Korea | 2:17.59 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Karah Stanworth | Canada | 2:17.62 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Liu Zhen | China | 2:18.38 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 2:18.63 | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | Melanie Bouchard | Canada | 2:18.75 | |
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Monica Stitski | Canada | 2:18.95 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | He Hsu-Jung | Chinese Taipei | 2:20.29 | |
| 27 | 2 | 8 | Tsai Hiu-Wai | Hong Kong | 2:20.52 | |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:23.37 | |
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Chelsey Salli | Canada | 2:24.17 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Hanae Ito | Japan | 2:09.21 |
| 10 | 5 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:12.38 |
| 11 | 7 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 2:13.65 |
| 12 | 6 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 2:13.79 |
| 13 | 1 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:13.83 |
| 14 | 2 | Jung Yoo-Jin | South Korea | 2:14.87 |
| 15 | 3 | Karina Leane | Australia | 2:15.65 |
| 16 | 8 | Lee Nam-Eun | South Korea | 2:18.74 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 2:08.86 | CR |
| | 3 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:09.42 | |
| | 4 | Takami Igarashi | Japan | 2:10.30 | |
| 4 | 8 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:12.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:12.61 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joanna Fargus | Australia | 2:13.48 | |
| 7 | 7 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:13.64 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 2:14.88 | |