1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 26, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	45
Nations:	10
Win Value:	54.89
Gold:	Jenny Thompson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Sarah Ryan
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Rebecca Creedy
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[3]

Records

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

World record		54.01	Rome, Italy	September 5, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		54.82	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			56.13	Q
2			56.22	Q
3			56.29	Q
4			56.32	Q
5			56.38	Q
6			56.49	Q
7			56.58	Q
8			56.69	Q
9			56.70	Q
10			56.77	Q
11			56.94	Q
12			57.39	Q
13			57.43	Q
14			57.44	Q
15			57.46	Q
16			57.64	Q
17			57.65
18			57.67
18			57.67
20			57.70
21			57.80
22			57.97
23			58.01
24			58.07
25			58.09
25			58.09
27			58.16
28			58.17
29			58.27
30			58.35
30			58.35
32			58.44
33			58.53
34			58.59
35			58.64
36			58.69
37			58.71
37			58.71
39			58.73
40			58.92
41			59.26
42			59.76
43			1:00.01
44			1:00.14
45			1:00.66

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			55.48	Q
2			55.99	Q
3			56.36	Q
4			56.45	Q
5			56.48	Q
6			56.50	Q
7			56.62	Q
8			56.70	Q
9			56.84
10			56.85
11			56.95
12			57.03
13			57.11
14			57.57
15			57.63
16			57.80

Final

The final was held on August 27.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			54.89
			55.58
	Rebecca Creedy		55.90
4	Laura Nicholls		55.94	NR
5	Suzu Chiba		56.11
6	Liesl Kolbisen		56.20
7	Claudia Poll		56.80
8	Charlene Wittstock		57.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . April 12, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual