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
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
final)
Competitors 20 from 7 nations
Winning time 3:41.83
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  1997
2002  

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. [1] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia. [2]

The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 1999 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 22–29 August. Only two swimmers per country could compete in finals, and only four swimmers per country could compete in semifinals.

Sydney International Aquatic Centre sports venue

The Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) is a swimming venue located in the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1994, the SOPAC was a major venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics as it hosted the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, the medal events for water polo, and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon competitions.

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.

Contents

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke. [3]

Freestyle swimming category of swimming competition

Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.

Records

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

World record Flag of Australia.svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)3:43.80 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia.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]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:47.37 Q
2 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:48.36 Q
3 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:49.47 Q
4 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:52.33 Q
5 Chad Carvin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.41 Q
6 Jon Younghouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.63 Q
6 Chris Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:52.63 Q
8 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:53.97 Q
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.svg  Canada 3:56.07
12 Mark Johnston Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 3:56.10
13 Shusuke Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:59.14
14 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:59.27
15 Chuck Sayao Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:01.06
16 Tim Peterson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:02.95
17 Andrew Hurd Flag of Canada.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]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:41.83 WR
Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:46.02
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.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

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