1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 22, 1999 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	24
Nations:	9
Win Value:	4:08.39
Gold:	Brooke Bennett
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Lindsay Benko
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Claudia Poll
Bronzenoc:	CRC
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.^[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[3]

Records

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

World record		4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record		4:04.53	Tokyo, Japan	August 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			4:09.15	Q
2			4:10.48	Q
3			4:10.83	Q
4			4:12.75	Q
5			4:13.67	Q
6			4:14.84	Q
7			4:15.10	Q
8			4:15.65	Q
9			4:16.95
10			4:17.46
11			4:17.80
12			4:18.06
13			4:18.08
14			4:21.39
15			4:21.51
16			4:22.39
17			4:22.50
18			4:24.47
19			4:24.81
20			4:25.29
21			4:26.26
22			4:26.96
23			4:27.02
24			4:27.25

Final

The final was held on August 22.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:08.39
			4:08.75
	Claudia Poll		4:11.54
4	Rachel Harris		4:14.80
5	Sachiko Yamada		4:15.54
6	Charlene Benzie		4:15.76
7	Danielle Bell		4:21.36
8	Kim van Selm		4:21.66

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