Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 1999 (heats &
final)
Competitors20 from 7 nations
Winning time3:41.83
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    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 place, gold medalist(s)Ian Thorpe Australia3:41.83WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Grant Hackett Australia3:46.02
3rd place, 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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