1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 25, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Winning time7:08.79
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    Canada

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

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

World record  Australia (AUS)
Ian Thorpe (1:47.48)
Daniel Kowalski (1:47.81)
Matthew Dunn (1:49.15)
Michael Klim (1:47.42)
7:11.86 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 13, 1998
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Chad Carvin (1:48.26)
Tom Malchow (1:50.04)
Uğur Taner (1:48.34)
Josh Davis (1:47.35)
7:13.99 Fukuoka, Japan August 11, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only six teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 25.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ian Thorpe (1:46.28)
Bill Kirby (1:48.96)
Grant Hackett (1:46.30)
Michael Klim (1:47.25)
 Australia7:08.79WR
Chad Carvin (1:48.67)
Josh Davis (1:47.66)
Tom Malchow (1:51.43)
Uğur Taner (1:48.90)
 United States7:16.66
Mark Johnston (1:51.13)
Rick Say (1:49.73)
Yannick Lupien (1:50.49)
Brian Johns (1:51.91)
 Canada7:23.26
4Yosuke Ichikawa (1:51.49)
Shunsuke Ito (1:50.45)
Takeshi Sasaki (1:52.36)
Shusuke Ito (1:50.01)
 Japan7:24.31
5Nicholas Sheeran (1:54.07)
Scott Rice (1:57.85)
Brad Herring (1:56.39)
John Davis (1:55.27)
 New Zealand7:43.58
6-
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 Chinese Taipei8:17.08

References

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