2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Lindsay Benko of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:56.64 | Berlin, Germany | August 3, 2002 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:57.48 | Fukuoka, Japan | August 10, 1997 |
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 17, at 10:00.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Katie Hoff | 1:58.79 | QA | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Linda Mackenzie | 1:59.10 | QA | |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Dana Vollmer | 1:59.47 | QA | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Bronte Barratt | 1:59.48 | QA | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Lacey Nymeyer | 1:59.60 | QA | |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Maki Mita | 1:59.70 | QA | |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Amanda Weir | 2:00.09 | QA | |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Whitney Myers | 2:00.11 | QA | |
| 9 | 3 | 8 | Kaitlin Sandeno | 2:00.58 | QB | |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Kelly Stubbins | 2:00.61 | QB | |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Shayne Reese | 2:00.79 | QB | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Norie Urabe | 2:01.00 | QB | |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Melanie Schlanger | 2:01.18 | QB | |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Kate Ziegler | 2:01.18 | QB | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Claudia Poll | 2:01.21 | QB | |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Rachel Komisarz | 2:01.24 | QB | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Brittany Reimer | 2:01.52 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Helen Norfolk | 2:01.54 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Ashleigh McCleery | 2:01.62 | ||
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Lauren Boyle | 2:01.67 | ||
| 21 | 6 | 8 | Kylie Palmer | 2:01.70 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Maya Beaudry | 2:01.96 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 6 | Kara Lynn Joyce | 2:02.24 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:02.34 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Melanie Bouchard | 2:02.55 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Genevieve Saumur | 2:02.57 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Stephanie Williams | 2:02.59 | ||
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Haruka Ueda | 2:02.73 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Erica Morningstar | 2:02.75 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Yang Chin-Kuei | 2:02.91 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Melissa Corfe | 2:03.37 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Emily Wong | 2:03.45 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Cecilia Biagioli | 2:04.39 | ||
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | 2:04.77 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Alison Fitch | 2:04.86 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Stephanie Horner | 2:05.30 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Mariana Brochado | 2:05.31 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 7 | Kristen Bradley | 2:05.61 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 2 | Sarah Paton | 2:05.79 | ||
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Alexa Komarnycky | 2:05.81 | ||
| 41 | 2 | 5 | Lee Keo-Ra | 2:06.05 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:06.27 | ||
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Izumi Kato | 2:07.87 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 1 | Nieh Pin-Chieh | 2:08.20 | ||
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Renata Burgos | 2:13.26 |
B Final
The B final was held on August 17, at 18:29.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 5 | Kelly Stubbins | 2:00.21 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lacey Nymeyer | 2:00.68 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Julia Wilkinson | 2:01.11 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Maya Beaudry | 2:02.18 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Helen Norfolk | 2:02.80 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lauren Boyle | 2:03.04 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Yang Chin-Kuei | 2:03.16 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Haruka Ueda | 2:03.69 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 17, at 18:29.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Katie Hoff | 1:58.02 | |||
| 5 | Linda Mackenzie | 1:58.26 | |||
| 6 | Bronte Barratt | 1:58.59 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Maki Mita | 1:59.29 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Dana Vollmer | 1:59.76 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Claudia Poll | 1:59.83 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Brittany Reimer | 2:01.39 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Norie Urabe | 2:01.43 |