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

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 24 from 9 nations
Winning time 4:08.39
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
  1997
2002  

The women'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 Claudia Poll of Costa Rica. [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.

Claudia Poll Costa Rican swimmer

Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens is a Costa Rican swimmer who competes in the 200 m to 800 m freestyle events. She is Costa Rica's only Olympic gold-medalist, having won the country's first Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. She is a multiple national record holder in the freestyle events.

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 the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)4:04.53 Tokyo, Japan August 1989

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 Brooke Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:09.15 Q
2 Lindsay Benko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.48 Q
3 Ellen Stonebraker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.83 Q
4 Claudia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:12.75 Q
5 Cristina Teuscher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:13.67 Q
6 Rachel Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:14.84 Q
7 Melissa Deary Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:15.10 Q
8 Charlene Benzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:15.65 Q
9 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:16.95
10 Danielle Woods Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:17.46
11 Sarah D'Arcy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:17.80
12 Jennifer Reilly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:18.06
13 Molly Freedman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:18.08
14 Kim van Selm Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:21.39
15 Danielle Bell Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:21.51
16 Sarah Tolar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:22.39
17 Tsai Shu-min Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:22.50
18 Lindsay Beavers Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:24.47
19 Junko Nakatani Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:24.81
20 Elizabeth Van Welie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:25.29
21 Natalie du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:26.26
22 Deanna Schonwald Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:26.96
23 Katie Brambley Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:27.02
24 Roh Joo-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4:27.25

Final

The final was held on August 22. [1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
Brooke Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.39
Lindsay Benko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.75
Claudia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:11.54
4 Rachel Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:14.80
5 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:15.54
6 Charlene Benzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:15.76
7 Danielle Bell Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:21.36
8 Kim van Selm Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:21.66

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