2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Natalie Coughlin of US.[4]

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors29 from 12 nations
Winning time1:00.63
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
← 2002
2010 →

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[5]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record   Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.58 Fort Lauderdale, United States August 13, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record   Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.72 Yokohama, Japan August 26, 2002

Results edit

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 edit

The first round was held on August 17, at 10:39.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 1:00.06 QA
2 4 5 Reiko Nakamura   Japan 1:00.97 QA
3 3 4 Hanae Ito   Japan 1:01.32 QA
4 2 5 Lauren English   United States 1:01.68 QA
5 3 5 Leila Vaziri   United States 1:01.82 QA
6 4 3 Margaret Hoelzer   United States 1:01.93 QA
7 2 3 Fran Adcock   Australia 1:01.95 QA
8 4 7 Liz Coster   New Zealand 1:02.04 QA
9 2 4 Hannah McLean   New Zealand 1:02.13 QB
10 2 6 Joanna Fargus   Australia 1:02.36 QB
11 4 2 Ariana Kukors   United States 1:02.42 QB
12 3 3 Takami Igarashi   Japan 1:02.46 QB
13 3 7 Erin Gammel   Canada 1:02.59 QB
14 2 2 Karina Leame   Australia 1:02.60 QB
15 3 6 Kelly Stefanyshyn   Canada 1:02.69 QB
16 3 1 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 1:02.70 QB
17 2 1 Elizabeth Beisel   United States 1:02.80
18 4 6 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 1:02.90
19 3 8 Tsai Hiu-Wai   Hong Kong 1:03.14
20 4 8 Lee Nam-Eun   South Korea 1:03.23
21 4 1 Jung Yoo-Jin   South Korea 1:03.56
22 2 8 Fabíola Molina   Brazil 1:03.69
23 1 4 Karah Stanworth   Canada 1:03.73
24 2 7 Liu Zhen   China 1:04.17
25 1 2 Seana Mitchell   Canada 1:05.82
26 1 3 Hannah Wilson   Hong Kong 1:05.91
27 3 2 Melissa Corfe   South Africa 1:05.95
28 1 5 He Hsu-Jung   Chinese Taipei 1:06.31
29 1 6 Lin Ting-Wei   Chinese Taipei 1:08.91

B Final edit

The B final was held on August 17, at 19:12.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Leila Vaziri   United States 1:01.53
10 7 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 1:01.72
11 5 Takami Igarashi   Japan 1:02.23
12 6 Karina Leame   Australia 1:02.52
13 2 Kelly Stefanyshyn   Canada 1:02.54
14 8 Tsai Hiu-Wai   Hong Kong 1:03.12
15 1 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 1:03.21
16 3 Erin Gammel   Canada 1:03.24

A Final edit

The A final was held on August 17, at 19:12.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Hanae Ito   Japan 1:00.63
  4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 1:00.66
  5 Reiko Nakamura   Japan 1:00.86
4 6 Hannah McLean   New Zealand 1:01.53
5 2 Liz Coster   New Zealand 1:01.75
6 7 Fran Adcock   Australia 1:02.08
7 1 Joanna Fargus   Australia 1:02.21
8 8 Lauren English   United States 1:02.27

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 100-metre backstroke heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  4. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.