1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 1999
(heats & final)
Competitors20 from 7 nations
Winning time3:41.83
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Ian Thorpe  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Grant Hackett  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Ryk Neethling  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22, 1999 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. [1] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia. [2]

Contents

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 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)3:43.80 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)3:47.27 Fukuoka, Japan August 12, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 22. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:47.37Q
2 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:48.36Q
3 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:49.47Q
4 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:52.33Q
5 Chad Carvin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.41Q
6 Jon Younghouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.63Q
6 Chris Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.63Q
8 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:53.97Q
9 Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:55.00
10 Yosuke Ichikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:55.79
11 Rick Say Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:56.07
12 Mark Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:56.10
13 Shusuke Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:59.14
14 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:59.27
15 Chuck Sayao Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:01.06
16 Tim Peterson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:02.95
17 Andrew Hurd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:05.08
18 Torin Hay Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:08.77
19 Hsu Kuo-tung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:17.68
20 Lin Shu-Jen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:28.57

Final

The final was held on August 22. [1]

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:41.83 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:46.02
Bronze medal icon.svg Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:46.31
4 Chad Carvin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:49.74
5 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:52.32
6 Rick Say Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:53.20
7 Jon Younghouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:53.28
8 Yosuke Ichikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:58.98

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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