1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 27, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	8
Win Value:	52.49
Gold:	Michael Klim
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Geoff Huegill
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Takashi Yamamoto
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Neil Walker of US.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.^[3]

Records

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

World record		52.15	Brisbane, Australia	October 9, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record		52.76	Fukuoka, Japan	August 12, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.86	Q
2			53.34	Q
3			53.64	Q
4			53.72	Q
5			53.86	Q
6			54.01	Q
7			54.10	Q
8			54.37	Q
9			54.41	Q
10			54.56	Q
11			54.62	Q
12			54.89	Q
13			54.93	Q
14			55.08	Q
15			55.58	Q
16			55.59	Q
17			55.81
18			55.83
19			55.91
20			56.18
21			56.21
22			56.24
23			56.28
23			56.28
25			56.75
26			57.80
27			58.16
28			1:02.00

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.45	Q, CR
2			52.76	Q
3			53.01	Q
4			53.14	Q
5			53.73	Q
6			53.94	Q
7			53.97	Q
8			54.18	Q
9			54.31
10			54.34
11			54.52
12			55.03
13			55.08
14			55.15
15			55.40
16			55.88

Final

The final was held on August 28.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.49
			52.51
	Takashi Yamamoto		52.93
4	Dod Wales		53.38
5	Brock Newman		53.86
6	Mike Mintenko		54.01
7	Theo Verster		54.28
8	Ryan Kelly		54.34

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . April 10, 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 .