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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Suzaan van Biljon of South Africa.
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 | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:20.12 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 2:23.64 | Sydney, Australia | August 22, 1999 |

## 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 21, at 10:51.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:23.97 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Amanda Beard | United States | 2:25.52 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | 2:25.80 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:25.90 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 2:26.01 | QA |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Annamay Pierse | Canada | 2:26.07 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Katlin Freeman | United States | 2:26.15 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:26.16 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:26.60 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Fumie Kawanabe | Japan | 2:27.27 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:27.47 | QB |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:27.90 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Sally Foster | Australia | 2:28.33 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Chelsey Salli | Canada | 2:28.83 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Mina Matsushima | Japan | 2:29.66 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Jeong Darae | South Korea | 2:30.17 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Jillian Tyler | Canada | 2:30.40 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Ashley McGregor | Canada | 2:31.95 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Samantha Marshall | Australia | 2:32.02 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Ann Chandler | United States | 2:32.87 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Tianna Rissling | Canada | 2:32.96 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Sarra Lajnef | Tunisia | 2:33.42 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Carolina Mussi | Brazil | 2:36.34 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Juliana Marin | Brazil | 2:41.67 | |
| - | 3 | 1 | Tatiane Sakemi | Brazil | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 19:16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Micah Lawrence | United States | 2:25.19 |
| 10 | 5 | Fumie Watanabe | Japan | 2:27.28 |
| 11 | 3 | Tessa Wallace | Australia | 2:27.69 |
| 12 | 2 | Jeong Darae | South Korea | 2:27.70 |
| 13 | 6 | Chelsey Salli | Canada | 2:28.95 |
| 14 | 7 | Sarra Lajnef | Tunisia | 2:34.40 |
| 15 | 1 | Carolina Mussi | Brazil | 2:39.76 |
| 16 | 8 | Juliana Marin | Brazil | 2:41.54 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 19:16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Rebecca Soni | United States | 2:20.69 | CR |
| | 7 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 2:23.23 | |
| | 2 | Annamay Pierse | Canada | 2:23.65 | |
| 4 | 1 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 2:23.83 | |
| 5 | 5 | Amanda Beard | United States | 2:24.30 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sarah Katsoulis | Australia | 2:24.38 | |
| 7 | 3 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | 2:24.85 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martha McCabe | Canada | 2:27.33 | |