1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
final)
Competitors 20 from 7 nations
Winning time 3:41.83
Medalists
    Australia
    Australia
    South Africa

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[3]

Records

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

World record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:43.80 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 3:47.27 Fukuoka, Japan August 12, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Grant Hackett Australia3:47.37Q
2Ian Thorpe Australia3:48.36Q
3Ryk Neethling South Africa3:49.47Q
4Masato Hirano Japan3:52.33Q
5Chad Carvin United States3:52.41Q
6Jon Younghouse United States3:52.63Q
6Chris Thompson United States3:52.63Q
8Craig Stevens Australia3:53.97Q
9Erik Vendt United States3:55.00
10Yosuke Ichikawa Japan3:55.79
11Rick Say Canada3:56.07
12Mark Johnston Canada3:56.10
13Shusuke Ito Japan3:59.14
14Kieren Perkins Australia3:59.27
15Chuck Sayao Canada4:01.06
16Tim Peterson Canada4:02.95
17Andrew Hurd Canada4:05.08
18Torin Hay New Zealand4:08.77
19Hsu Kuo-tung Chinese Taipei4:17.68
20Lin Shu-Jen Chinese Taipei4:28.57

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Ian Thorpe Australia3:41.83WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Grant Hackett Australia3:46.02
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Ryk Neethling South Africa3:46.31
4Chad Carvin United States3:49.74
5Masato Hirano Japan3:52.32
6Rick Say Canada3:53.20
7Jon Younghouse United States3:53.28
8Yosuke Ichikawa Japan3:58.98

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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