1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 28, 1999 (heats) August 29, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	14
Nations:	6
Win Value:	14:45.60
Gold:	Grant Hackett
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Ryk Neethling
Silvernoc:	RSA
Bronze:	Chris Thompson
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

World record		14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		14:55.92	Kobe, Japan	August 15, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 28.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			15:11.52	Q
2			15:12.64	Q
3			15:22.85	Q
4			15:23.34	Q
5			15:24.39	Q
6			15:28.43
7			15:33.19	Q
8			15:42.93
9			15:44.59	Q
10			15:57.27	Q
11			16:01.75
12			16:03.03
13			16:25.47
14			16:54.83

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			14:45.60	CR
			15:02.40
	Chris Thompson		15:04.68
4	Craig Stevens		15:15.68
5	Masato Hirano		15:15.79
6	Jon Younghouse		15:30.61
7	Andrew Hurd		15:41.12
8	Tim Peterson		15:42.08

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . April 5, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history