1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 1999 in Sydney, Australia, from August 22–29. Only two swimmers per country may compete in finals, and only four swimmers per country can compete in semifinals.

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Brendon Dedekind (RSA)	22.06	Gary Hall Jr. (USA)	22.26	Bill Pilczuk (USA)	22.52
100 m freestyle	Michael Klim (AUS)	48.98	Neil Walker (USA)	49.17	Chris Fydler (AUS)	49.42
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:46.00 WR	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.40	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	1:48.17
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:41.83 WR	Grant Hackett (AUS)	3:46.02	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	3:46.31
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:45.60	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	15:02.40	Chris Thompson (USA)	15:04.68
100 m backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	53.60 WR	Matt Welsh (AUS)	55.13	Josh Watson (AUS)	55.18
200 m backstroke	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:55.87 WR	Ray Hass (AUS)	1:59.87	Cameron Delaney (AUS)	1:59.98
100 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley (AUS)	1:02.06	Regan Harrison (AUS)	1:02.26	Morgan Knabe (CAN)	1:02.37
200 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley (AUS)	2:12.98	Tom Wilkens (USA)	2:13.97	Terence Parkin (RSA)	2:14.12
100 m butterfly	Michael Klim (AUS)	52.49	Geoff Huegill (AUS)	52.51	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	52.93
200 m butterfly	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:55.41	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:57.33	Ugur Taner (USA)	1:57.82
200 m individual medley	Tom Wilkens (USA)	2:01.01	Curtis Myden (CAN)	2:01.64	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	2:01.86
400 m individual medley	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	4:16.54	Curtis Myden (CAN)	4:16.77	Tom Wilkens (USA)	4:18.58
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia Michael Klim Jeff English Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe	3:16.08	United States Bryan Jones Josh Davis Neil Walker Jason Lezak	3:16.81	Canada Yannick Lupien Craig Hutchison Jake Steele Graham Duthie	3:20.73
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia Ian Thorpe Bill Kirby Grant Hackett Michael Klim	7:08.79 WR	United States Chad Carvin Josh Davis Tom Malchow Ugur Taner	7:11.66	Canada Mark Johnston Rick Say Yannick Lupien Brian Johns	7:23.26
4×100 m medley relay	United States Lenny Krayzelburg Kurt Grote Dod Wales Neil Walker	3:36.37	Canada Mark Versfeld Morgan Knabe Mike Mintenko Yannick Lupien	3:40.18	Japan Atsushi Nishikori Ryosuke Imai Takashi Yamamoto Shusuke Ito	3:40.21

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Jenny Thompson (USA)	25.51	Sarah Ryan (AUS)	25.93	Liesl Kolbisen (USA)	25.97
100 m freestyle	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.89	Sarah Ryan (AUS)	55.83	Rebecca Creedy (AUS)	55.90
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	1:58.17	Lindsay Benko (USA)	1:59.60	Ellen Stonebraker (USA)	2:00.46
400 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett (USA)	4:08.39	Lindsay Benko (USA)	4:08.75	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:11.53
800 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett (USA)	8:25.06	Rachel Harris (AUS)	8:37.23	Ellen Stonebraker (USA)	8:40.39
100 m backstroke	Dyana Calub (AUS)  Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.51			Barbara Bedford (USA)	1:01.76
200 m backstroke	Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN)	2:11.36	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:11.41	Lindsay Benko (USA)	2:13.51
100 m breaststroke	Penny Heyns (RSA)	1:07.08 WR	Megan Quann (USA)	1:08.54	Kristy Kowal (USA)	1:08.56
200 m breaststroke	Penny Heyns (RSA)	2:23.64 WR	Kristy Kowal (USA)	2:25.52	Sarah Poewe (RSA)	2:25.90
100 m butterfly	Jenny Thompson (USA)	57.88 WR	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	59.07	Ayari Aoyama (JPN)	59.58
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:06.60	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:10.27	Misty Hyman (USA)	2:10.40
200 m individual medley	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:13.63	Cristina Teuscher (USA)	2:14.31	Elli Overton (AUS)	2:14.51
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:40.23	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	4:40.56	Cristina Teuscher (USA)	4:41.21
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States Liesl Kolbisen Richelle Fox Lindsay Benko Jenny Thompson	3:41.86	Australia Sarah Ryan Lori Munz Rebecca Creedy Susie O'Neill	3:42.69	Canada Jessica Deglau Marianne Limpert Anna Lydall Laura Nicholls	3:44.50
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States Lindsay Benko Ellen Stonebraker Jenny Thompson Cristina Teuscher	7:57.61	Australia Giaan Rooney Rebecca Creedy Lori Munz Susie O'Neill	8:00.67	Canada Jessica Deglau Joanne Malar Marianne Limpert Laura Nicholls	8:06.86
4×100 m medley relay	United States Barbara Bedford Megan Quann Jenny Thompson Liesl Kolbisen	4:03.09	Australia Dyana Calub Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan	4:05.74	Japan Mai Nakamura Masami Tanaka Ayari Aoyama Suzu Chiba	4.06:86

Awards

• Rookie of the Meet:  Megan Quann (USA) (100 m breaststroke)
• Male Swimmer of the Meet:  Ian Thorpe (AUS) (400 m freestyle)
• Female Swimmer of the Meet:  Penny Heyns (RSA) (200 m breaststroke)

(determined by FINA points)

References

• Results on GBRSports.com