1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.[2]

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 26, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors	23 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:01.01
Medalists
Tom Wilkens    United States   Curtis Myden    Canada   Matthew Dunn    Australia

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[3]

Records

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

World record	Jani Sievinen (FIN)	1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	David Wharton (USA)	2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

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 26.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:02.60	Q
2	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:02.79	Q
3	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:02.86	Q
4	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:03.00	Q
5	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:03.11	Q
6	Justin Norris	Australia	2:03.29	Q
7	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:03.52	Q
8	Xie Xufeng	China	2:03.54	Q
9	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:04.17	Q
10	Owen Von Richter	Canada	2:04.20	Q
11	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:04.33	Q
12	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:04.60	Q
13	Takahiro Mori	Japan	2:04.64	Q
14	Trent Steed	Australia	2:04.78	Q
15	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:05.03	Q
16	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	2:05.81	Q
17	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:06.26
18	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:06.85
19	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:08.55
20	Brian Johns	Canada	2:11.44
21	Tseng Cheng-hua	Chinese Taipei	2:12.79
22	Wan Azlan Abdullah	Malaysia	2:13.26
23	Hsu Kuo-tung	Chinese Taipei	2:18.25

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:02.38	Q
2	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:02.65	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:02.78	Q
4	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:02.87	Q
5	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:03.36	Q
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:03.51	Q
7	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:03.60	Q
8	Justin Norris	Australia	2:03.99	Q
9	Xie Xufeng	China	2:04.01
10	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:04.14
11	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:04.26
12	Takahiro Mori	Japan	2:04.27
13	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	2:04.62
14	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:05.10
15	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:05.73
16	Owen Von Richter	Canada	2:07.11

Final

The final was held on August 27.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:01.01
	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:01.64
	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:01.86
4	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:03.22
5	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:03.33
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:03.52
7	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:04.24
8	Xie Xufeng	China	2:04.31

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 10, 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.