1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 25, 1999 (heats &
semifinals)
August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors 24 from 8 nations
Winning time 2:12.98
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    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 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kurt Grote of US.[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[3]

Records

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

World record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain July 29, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:11.96 Edmonton, Canada August 25, 1991

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 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Simon Cowley  Australia 2:15.43 Q
2 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:15.67 Q
3 Tom Wilkens  United States 2:15.73 Q
4 Terence Parkin  South Africa 2:16.34 Q
5 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:16.88 Q
6 Regan Harrison  Australia 2:16.98 Q
7 Yoshinobu Miyazaki  Japan 2:17.90 Q
8 Michel Boulianne  Canada 2:18.03 Q
9 Elvin Chia  Malaysia 2:18.78 Q
10 Ryosuke Imai  Japan 2:18.91 Q
11 Nathan Hewitt  Australia 2:19.03 Q
12 Kurt Grote  United States 2:19.08 Q
13 Steven Ferguson  New Zealand 2:19.35 Q
14 Michael Norment  United States 2:19.44 Q
15 Jason Hunter  Canada 2:19.66 Q
16 Gregory Owen  South Africa 2:20.18 Q
17 Tam Chi Kin  Hong Kong 2:20.55
18 Matthew Huang  Canada 2:20.78
19 Morgan Knabe  Canada 2:21.68
20 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:23.20
21 Michael Scott  Hong Kong 2:23.65
22 Chris Stewart  South Africa 2:23.75
23 Brett Petersen  South Africa 2:24.74
24 Matthew Kwok  Hong Kong 2:26.55

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Simon Cowley  Australia 2:13.31 Q
2 Regan Harrison  Australia 2:13.78 Q
3 Tom Wilkens  United States 2:14.04 Q
4 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:14.67 Q
5 Kurt Grote  United States 2:15.19 Q
6 Terence Parkin  South Africa 2:15.26 Q
7 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:15.34 Q
8 Elvin Chia  Malaysia 2:16.90 Q
9 Nathan Hewitt  Australia 2:17.48
10 Yoshinobu Miyazaki  Japan 2:18.09
10 Michel Boulianne  Canada 2:18.09
12 Ryosuke Imai  Japan 2:18.27
13 Jason Hunter  Canada 2:19.29
14 Gregory Owen  South Africa 2:19.68
15 Steven Ferguson  New Zealand 2:19.79
16 Michael Norment  United States 2:20.33

Final

The final was held on August 26.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Simon Cowley  Australia 2:12.98
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tom Wilkens  United States 2:13.97
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Terence Parkin  South Africa 2:14.12
4 Regan Harrison  Australia 2:14.53
5 Kurt Grote  United States 2:15.41
6 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:15.64
7 Elvin Chia  Malaysia 2:16.41
8 Yoshinobu Miyazaki  Japan 2:18.41

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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