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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 24 from 9 nations
Winning time 4:08.39
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Costa Rica

The women'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 Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.[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  Janet Evans (USA) 4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record  Janet Evans (USA) 4:04.53 Tokyo, Japan August 1989

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
1Brooke Bennett United States4:09.15Q
2Lindsay Benko United States4:10.48Q
3Ellen Stonebraker United States4:10.83Q
4Claudia Poll Costa Rica4:12.75Q
5Cristina Teuscher United States4:13.67Q
6Rachel Harris Australia4:14.84Q
7Melissa Deary United States4:15.10Q
8Charlene Benzie Australia4:15.65Q
9Sachiko Yamada Japan4:16.95
10Danielle Woods Australia4:17.46
11Sarah D'Arcy Australia4:17.80
12Jennifer Reilly Australia4:18.06
13Molly Freedman United States4:18.08
14Kim van Selm South Africa4:21.39
15Danielle Bell Canada4:21.51
16Sarah Tolar United States4:22.39
17Tsai Shu-min Chinese Taipei4:22.50
18Lindsay Beavers Canada4:24.47
19Junko Nakatani Japan4:24.81
20Elizabeth Van Welie New Zealand4:25.29
21Natalie du Toit South Africa4:26.26
22Deanna Schonwald New Zealand4:26.96
23Katie Brambley Canada4:27.02
24Roh Joo-hee South Korea4:27.25

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Brooke Bennett United States4:08.39
2nd, silver medalist(s)Lindsay Benko United States4:08.75
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Claudia Poll Costa Rica4:11.54
4Rachel Harris Australia4:14.80
5Sachiko Yamada Japan4:15.54
6Charlene Benzie Australia4:15.76
7Danielle Bell Canada4:21.36
8Kim van Selm South Africa4:21.66

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 12, 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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