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

Event:	Women's 100 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:	18
Nations:	8
Win Value:	1:07.08
Gold:	Penelope Heyns
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Megan Quann
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Kristy Kowal
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Samantha Riley of AUS.^[2]

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

Records

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

World record		1:06.95	Los Angeles, United States	July 18, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:07.81	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 23.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:06.52	Q, WR
2			1:09.02	Q
3			1:09.13	Q
4			1:09.55	Q
5			1:09.76	Q
6			1:10.34	Q
7			1:10.95	Q
8			1:11.07	Q
9			1:11.08	Q
10			1:11.25	Q
11			1:11.43	Q
12			1:11.65	Q
13			1:12.03	Q
14			1:12.08	Q
15			1:12.33	Q
16			1:12.38	Q
17			1:13.87
18			1:15.28

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:06.99	Q
2			1:08.62	Q
3			1:09.16	Q
4			1:09.61	Q
5			1:09.72	Q
6			1:09.91	Q
7			1:10.08	Q
8			1:10.36	Q
9			1:10.61
10			1:10.88
11			1:11.17
12			1:11.27
13			1:11.50
14			1:11.59
15			1:11.88
16			1:11.89

Final

The final was held on August 24.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:07.08
			1:08.54
	Kristy Kowal		1:08.56
4	Samantha Riley		1:09.21
5	Sarah Poewe		1:09.30
6	Masami Tanaka		1:09.31
7	Tarnee White		1:10.12
8	Lauren van Oosten		1:10.91

Notes and References

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