1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.[2]

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 26, 1999 (heats &
semifinals)
August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors23 from 10 nations
Winning time2:01.01
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Australia
← 1997
2002 →

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[3]

Records edit

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

World record   Jani Sievinen (FIN) 1:58.16 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record   David Wharton (USA) 2:00.11 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989

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 26.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matthew Dunn   Australia 2:02.60 Q
2 Grant McGregor   Australia 2:02.79 Q
3 Curtis Myden   Canada 2:02.86 Q
4 Robert van der Zant   Australia 2:03.00 Q
5 Theo Verster   South Africa 2:03.11 Q
6 Justin Norris   Australia 2:03.29 Q
7 Tom Wilkens   United States 2:03.52 Q
8 Xie Xufeng   China 2:03.54 Q
9 Ron Karnaugh   United States 2:04.17 Q
10 Owen Von Richter   Canada 2:04.20 Q
11 Dean Kent   New Zealand 2:04.33 Q
12 Jo Yoshimi   Japan 2:04.60 Q
13 Takahiro Mori   Japan 2:04.64 Q
14 Trent Steed   Australia 2:04.78 Q
15 Terence Parkin   South Africa 2:05.03 Q
16 Han Kyu-Chul   South Korea 2:05.81 Q
17 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 2:06.26
18 Steven Ferguson   New Zealand 2:06.85
19 Philip Weiss   Canada 2:08.55
20 Brian Johns   Canada 2:11.44
21 Tseng Cheng-hua   Chinese Taipei 2:12.79
22 Wan Azlan Abdullah   Malaysia 2:13.26
23 Hsu Kuo-tung   Chinese Taipei 2:18.25

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on August 26.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Curtis Myden   Canada 2:02.38 Q
2 Grant McGregor   Australia 2:02.65 Q
3 Tom Wilkens   United States 2:02.78 Q
4 Matthew Dunn   Australia 2:02.87 Q
5 Ron Karnaugh   United States 2:03.36 Q
6 Terence Parkin   South Africa 2:03.51 Q
7 Theo Verster   South Africa 2:03.60 Q
8 Justin Norris   Australia 2:03.99 Q
9 Xie Xufeng   China 2:04.01
10 Jo Yoshimi   Japan 2:04.14
11 Dean Kent   New Zealand 2:04.26
12 Takahiro Mori   Japan 2:04.27
13 Han Kyu-Chul   South Korea 2:04.62
14 Robert van der Zant   Australia 2:05.10
15 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 2:05.73
16 Owen Von Richter   Canada 2:07.11

Final edit

The final was held on August 27.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
  Tom Wilkens   United States 2:01.01
  Curtis Myden   Canada 2:01.64
  Matthew Dunn   Australia 2:01.86
4 Grant McGregor   Australia 2:03.22
5 Ron Karnaugh   United States 2:03.33
6 Terence Parkin   South Africa 2:03.52
7 Theo Verster   South Africa 2:04.24
8 Xie Xufeng   China 2:04.31

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.