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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 24, 1999 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	45
Nations:	9
Win Value:	1:58.17
Gold:	Susie O'Neill
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Lindsay Benko
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ellen Stonebraker
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.^[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		1:56.78	Rome, Italy	September 6, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:57.48	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:59.47	Q
2			1:59.81	Q
3			2:00.30	Q
4			2:00.43	Q
5			2:00.48	Q
6			2:00.71	Q
7			2:00.75	Q
8			2:01.34	Q
9			2:01.56	Q
10			2:01.57	Q
11			2:01.90	Q
12			2:02.07	Q
12			2:02.07	Q
14			2:02.48	Q
15			2:02.55	Q
16			2:03.14	?
16			2:03.14	?
18			2:03.48
19			2:03.76
20			2:04.09
21			2:04.21
22			2:04.36
23			2:04.46
24			2:04.48
25			2:04.84
26			2:05.08
27			2:05.14
28			2:05.33
29			2:05.55
30			2:05.67
31			2:05.87
32			2:06.04
33			2:06.05
34			2:06.23
35			2:06.52
36			2:06.78
37			2:06.82
38			2:07.10
39			2:07.15
40			2:07.40
41			2:07.65
42			2:08.37
43			2:09.45
44			2:09.55
45			2:10.67

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:59.88	Q
2			2:00.31	Q
3			2:00.52	Q
4			2:00.53	Q
5			2:00.76	Q
6			2:01.02	Q
7			2:01.14	Q
8			2:01.21	Q
9			2:01.33
10			2:01.96
11			2:02.48
12			2:03.14
13			2:02.93
14			2:03.35
15			2:04.62
16			2:04.71

Final

The final was held on August 25.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.17	CWR
			1:59.60
	Ellen Stonebraker		2:00.46
4	Suzu Chiba		2:00.54
5	Giaan Rooney		2:00.60
6	Claudia Poll		2:01.26
7	Junko Nakatani		2:01.94
8	Laura Nicholls		2:04.73

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. 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 .