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

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Michael Klim of Australia.[2]

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 24, 1999 (final)
Competitors	37 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:46.00
Medalists
Ian Thorpe    Australia   Michael Klim    Australia   Ryk Neethling    South Africa

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

Records

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

World record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	1:46.67	Brisbane, Australia	March 23, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.60	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 1997

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 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ian Thorpe	Australia	1:47.80	Q
2	Michael Klim	Australia	1:48.69	Q
3	Grant Hackett	Australia	1:49.05	Q
4	Chad Carvin	United States	1:49.47	Q
5	Bill Kirby	Australia	1:49.95	Q
6	Josh Davis	United States	1:49.96	Q
7	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	1:49.99	Q
8	Uğur Taner	United States	1:50.11	Q
9	Rick Say	Canada	1:50.20	Q
10	Todd Pearson	Australia	1:50.30	Q
11	Yosuke Ichikawa	Japan	1:50.74	Q
12	Brian Johns	Canada	1:51.22	Q
13	Shusuke Ito	Japan	1:51.26	Q
14	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	1:51.28	Q
15	Jay Schryver	United States	1:51.69	Q
16	Jon Younghouse	United States	1:51.78	Q
17	Mike Mintenko	Canada	1:52.15
18	Mark Johnston	Canada	1:52.27
19	Masato Hirano	Japan	1:52.35
20	Brad Schumacher	United States	1:52.55
21	Takeshi Sasaki	Japan	1:52.88
22	Craig Stevens	Australia	1:52.90
23	Ian Crocker	United States	1:53.04
24	Graham Duthie	Canada	1:53.14
25	Nicholas Sheeran	New Zealand	1:53.39
26	Craig Hutchison	Canada	1:53.47
27	Ron Karnaugh	United States	1:53.53
28	Jake Steele	Canada	1:53.97
29	Kieren Perkins	Australia	1:55.08
30	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	1:55.68
31	Brad Herring	New Zealand	1:55.70
32	Scott Rice	New Zealand	1:55.75
33	John Davis	New Zealand	1:55.92
34	Carl Probert	Fiji	1:56.41
35	Mark Thompson	New Zealand	1:57.95
36	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	1:57.96
37	Lin Hung-Chen	Chinese Taipei	1:58.75

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ian Thorpe	Australia	1:46.34	Q, WR
2	Michael Klim	Australia	1:46.82	Q
3	Grant Hackett	Australia	1:48.20	Q
4	Chad Carvin	United States	1:48.74	Q
5	Josh Davis	United States	1:48.92	Q
6	Uğur Taner	United States	1:48.94	Q
7	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	1:49.72	Q
8	Bill Kirby	Australia	1:49.73	Q
9	Rick Say	Canada	1:50.55
10	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	1:51.10
11	Brian Johns	Canada	1:51.40
12	Mark Johnston	Canada	1:51.41
13	Yosuke Ichikawa	Japan	1:51.55
14	Shusuke Ito	Japan	1:51.58
15	Jay Schryver	United States	1:52.17
16	Mike Mintenko	Canada	1:53.10

Final

The final was held on August 24.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	1:46.00	WR
	Michael Klim	Australia	1:47.40
	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	1:48.17
4	Chad Carvin	United States	1:48.60
5	Josh Davis	United States	1:48.98
6	Rick Say	Canada	1:50.58
7	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	1:50.77
8	Brian Johns	Canada	1:51.09

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.