1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 27, 1999 (heats) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors:	14
Nations:	7
Win Value:	8:25.06
Gold:	Brooke Bennett
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Rachel Harris
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Ellen Stonebraker
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1997
Next:	2002

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US.^[2]

Records

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

World record		8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record		8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			8:26.34	Q
2			8:41.17	Q
3			8:42.95	Q
4			8:43.16	Q
5			8:43.41	Q
6			8:45.61	Q
7			8:45.73	Q
8			8:46.13	Q
9			8:56.95
10			8:58.41
11			9:08.75
12			9:09.08
13			9:14.78
14			9:20.69

Final

The final was held on August 28.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:25.06
			8:37.23
	Ellen Stonebraker		8:40.39
4	Danielle Woods		8:40.73
5	Joanne Malar		8:45.25
6	Sachiko Yamada		8:45.47
7	Lindsay Beavers		8:49.63
8	Natalie du Toit		9:11.38

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