1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
final)
Competitors 20 from 7 nations
Winning time 3:41.83
Medalists
    Australia
    Australia
    South Africa
1999 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Sydney, Australia
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men'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 Grant Hackett of Australia.[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  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:43.80 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 3:47.27 Fukuoka, Japan August 12, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grant Hackett  Australia 3:47.37 Q
2 Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:48.36 Q
3 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 3:49.47 Q
4 Masato Hirano  Japan 3:52.33 Q
5 Chad Carvin  United States 3:52.41 Q
6 Jon Younghouse  United States 3:52.63 Q
6 Chris Thompson  United States 3:52.63 Q
8 Craig Stevens  Australia 3:53.97 Q
9 Erik Vendt  United States 3:55.00
10 Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan 3:55.79
11 Rick Say  Canada 3:56.07
12 Mark Johnston  Canada 3:56.10
13 Shusuke Ito  Japan 3:59.14
14 Kieren Perkins  Australia 3:59.27
15 Chuck Sayao  Canada 4:01.06
16 Tim Peterson  Canada 4:02.95
17 Andrew Hurd  Canada 4:05.08
18 Torin Hay  New Zealand 4:08.77
19 Hsu Kuo-tung  Chinese Taipei 4:17.68
20 Lin Shu-Jen  Chinese Taipei 4:28.57

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:41.83 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 3:46.02
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ryk Neethling  South Africa 3:46.31
4 Chad Carvin  United States 3:49.74
5 Masato Hirano  Japan 3:52.32
6 Rick Say  Canada 3:53.20
7 Jon Younghouse  United States 3:53.28
8 Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan 3:58.98

References

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