# 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Reiko Nakamura of Japan.
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 | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | 2:04.81 | Rome, Italy | August 1, 2009 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 2:08.86 | Victoria, Canada | August 19, 2006 |

## 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 11:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 2:07.48 | QA, CR |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:07.90 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:08.45 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Shiho Sakai | Japan | 2:08.86 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:08.96 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:09.22 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Meagen Nay | Australia | 2:09.78 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Marie Kamimura | Japan | 2:10.28 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Genevieve Cantin | Canada | 2:10.84 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:11.25 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:11.44 | QB |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Lauren Lavigna | Canada | 2:11.83 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 2:12.07 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 2:12.90 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Morgan Scroggy | United States | 2:13.05 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 2:13.18 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Penny Marshall | New Zealand | 2:14.58 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Miyuki Takemura | Japan | 2:14.67 | |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Katy Murdoch | Canada | 2:14.88 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Lindsay Seemann | Canada | 2:15.35 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Lau Yin-Yan | Hong Kong | 2:16.31 | |
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 2:17.44 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Fernanda Alvarenga | Brazil | 2:20.23 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Larissa Cieslak | Brazil | 2:22.68 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | Hanae Ito | Japan | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:08.05 |
| 10 | 1 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 2:11.65 |
| 11 | 5 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 2:11.88 |
| 12 | 7 | Teresa Crippen | United States | 2:12.04 |
| 13 | 3 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 2:12.72 |
| 14 | 8 | Miyuki Takemura | Japan | 2:14.36 |
| 15 | 6 | Lau Yin-Yan | Hong Kong | 2:18.48 |
| 16 | 2 | Fernanda Alvarenga | Brazil | 2:20.67 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:07.83 |
| | 4 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 2:08.10 |
| | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:08.60 |
| 4 | 3 | Shiho Sakai | Japan | 2:09.12 |
| 5 | 1 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:09.98 |
| 6 | 7 | Genevieve Cantin | Canada | 2:11.56 |
| 7 | 8 | Lauren Lavigna | Canada | 2:11.89 |
| 8 | 2 | Marie Kamimura | Japan | 2:12.21 |