1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 23, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 24, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	37
Nations:	8
Win Value:	1:46.00
Gold:	Ian Thorpe
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Michael Klim
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Ryk Neethling
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Michael Klim of Australia.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.^[3]

Records

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

World record		1:46.67	Brisbane, Australia	March 23, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:47.60	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 23.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:47.80	Q
2			1:48.69	Q
3			1:49.05	Q
4			1:49.47	Q
5			1:49.95	Q
6			1:49.96	Q
7			1:49.99	Q
8			1:50.11	Q
9			1:50.20	Q
10			1:50.30	Q
11			1:50.74	Q
12			1:51.22	Q
13			1:51.26	Q
14			1:51.28	Q
15			1:51.69	Q
16			1:51.78	Q
17			1:52.15
18			1:52.27
19			1:52.35
20			1:52.55
21			1:52.88
22			1:52.90
23			1:53.04
24			1:53.14
25			1:53.39
26			1:53.47
27			1:53.53
28			1:53.97
29			1:55.08
30			1:55.68
31			1:55.70
32			1:55.75
33			1:55.92
34			1:56.41
35			1:57.95
36			1:57.96
37			1:58.75

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:46.34	Q, WR
2			1:46.82	Q
3			1:48.20	Q
4			1:48.74	Q
5			1:48.92	Q
6			1:48.94	Q
7			1:49.72	Q
8			1:49.73	Q
9			1:50.55
10			1:51.10
11			1:51.40
12			1:51.41
13			1:51.55
14			1:51.58
15			1:52.17
16			1:53.10

Final

The final was held on August 24.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:46.00	WR
			1:47.40
	Ryk Neethling		1:48.17
4	Chad Carvin		1:48.60
5	Josh Davis		1:48.98
6	Rick Say		1:50.58
7	Shunsuke Ito		1:50.77
8	Brian Johns		1:51.09

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 .