1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 27, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	10
Win Value:	22.06
Gold:	Brendon Dedekind
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Gary Hall, Jr.
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Bill Pilczuk
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champions were Bill Pilczuk of US and Ricardo Busquets of Puerto Rico.^[2]

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.^[3]

Records

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

World record		21.81	Nashville, United States	March 24, 1990
Pan Pacific Championships record		22.12	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			22.16	Q
2			22.47	Q
3			22.64	Q
4			22.76	Q
5			22.80	Q
6			22.86	Q
7			22.90	Q
8			23.05	Q
9			23.06	Q
10			23.16	Q
11			23.34	Q
12			23.44	Q
13			23.45	Q
14			23.48	Q
14			23.48	Q
16			23.54	Q
17			23.55
18			23.64
19			23.79
20			23.98
21			24.03
22			24.06
23			24.19
24			24.26
25			24.39
26			24.40
27			24.45
28			24.82
29			24.82
30			25.00
31			25.18
32			25.78

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			22.14	Q
2			22.44	Q
3			22.59	Q
4			22.63	Q
5			22.64	Q
5			22.64	Q
7			22.80	Q
8			22.86	Q
9			22.90
10			23.06
11			23.39
12			23.49
13			23.49
14			23.55
15			23.56
16			23.74

Final

The final was held on August 28.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			22.06	CR
			22.26
	Bill Pilczuk		22.52
4	Chris Fydler		22.61
5	Nathan Rickard		22.92
6	Nicholas Folker		22.93
7	Tomohiro Yamanoi		22.98
8	Shunsuke Ito		23.52

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
3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .