1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kurt Grote of US.[2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 25, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:12.98
Medalists
Simon Cowley    Australia   Tom Wilkens    United States   Terence Parkin    South Africa

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	July 29, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:11.96	Edmonton, Canada	August 25, 1991

Results

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

The first round was held on August 25.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:15.43	Q
2	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:15.67	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:15.73	Q
4	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:16.34	Q
5	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:16.88	Q
6	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:16.98	Q
7	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:17.90	Q
8	Michel Boulianne	Canada	2:18.03	Q
9	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:18.78	Q
10	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	2:18.91	Q
11	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	2:19.03	Q
12	Kurt Grote	United States	2:19.08	Q
13	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:19.35	Q
14	Michael Norment	United States	2:19.44	Q
15	Jason Hunter	Canada	2:19.66	Q
16	Gregory Owen	South Africa	2:20.18	Q
17	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	2:20.55
18	Matthew Huang	Canada	2:20.78
19	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:21.68
20	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:23.20
21	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	2:23.65
22	Chris Stewart	South Africa	2:23.75
23	Brett Petersen	South Africa	2:24.74
24	Matthew Kwok	Hong Kong	2:26.55

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:13.31	Q
2	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:13.78	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:14.04	Q
4	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:14.67	Q
5	Kurt Grote	United States	2:15.19	Q
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:15.26	Q
7	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.34	Q
8	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:16.90	Q
9	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	2:17.48
10	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:18.09
10	Michel Boulianne	Canada	2:18.09
12	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	2:18.27
13	Jason Hunter	Canada	2:19.29
14	Gregory Owen	South Africa	2:19.68
15	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:19.79
16	Michael Norment	United States	2:20.33

Final

The final was held on August 26.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:12.98
	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:13.97
	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:14.12
4	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:14.53
5	Kurt Grote	United States	2:15.41
6	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.64
7	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:16.41
8	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:18.41

References

1. "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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.