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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 26, 1999 (heats &
semifinals)
August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors 23 from 10 nations
Winning time 1:55.87
Medalists
   United States
   Australia
   Australia
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 backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.[2]

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

Records

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

World record  Martin López-Zubero (ESP) 1:56.57 Tuscaloosa, USA November 23, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:57.87 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 26.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ray Hass  Australia 2:00.27 Q
2 Lenny Krayzelburg  United States 2:00.54 Q
3 Matt Welsh  Australia 2:01.15 Q
4 Cameron Delaney  Australia 2:01.36 Q
5 Josh Davis  United States 2:01.61 Q
6 Keitaro Konnai  Japan 2:01.91 Q
7 Brad Bridgewater  United States 2:02.02 Q
7 Naoya Sonoda  Japan 2:02.02 Q
9 Greg Hamm  Canada 2:02.19 Q
10 Chris Renaud  Canada 2:02.21 Q
11 Josh Watson  Australia 2:02.23 Q
12 Scott Talbot-Cameron  New Zealand 2:02.48 Q
13 Dustin Hersee  Canada 2:02.49 Q
14 Alex Lim  Malaysia 2:03.48 Q
15 Fu Yong  China 2:03.76 Q
16 Mark Versfeld  Canada 2:04.44 Q
17 Chuck Sayao  Canada 2:05.19
18 Torin Hay  New Zealand 2:05.44
19 Simon Thirsk  South Africa 2:05.56
20 Atsushi Nishikori  Japan 2:07.37
21 Greg Main-Baillie  South Africa 2:08.73
22 Carl Probert  Fiji 2:11.14
23 Hsu Kuo-tung  Chinese Taipei 2:16.21

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lenny Krayzelburg  United States 1:57.41 Q, CR
2 Ray Hass  Australia 1:59.08 Q, CWR
3 Cameron Delaney  Australia 2:00.43 Q
4 Brad Bridgewater  United States 2:00.46 Q
5 Keitaro Konnai  Japan 2:00.53 Q
6 Josh Watson  Australia 2:00.80 Q
7 Chris Renaud  Canada 2:01.38 Q
8 Scott Talbot-Cameron  New Zealand 2:01.44 Q
9 Naoya Sonoda  Japan 2:01.53
9 Dustin Hersee  Canada 2:01.53
11 Matt Welsh  Australia 2:01.57
12 Greg Hamm  Canada 2:01.67
13 Fu Yong  China 2:02.67
14 Mark Versfeld  Canada 2:02.71
15 Josh Davis  United States 2:03.46
16 Alex Lim  Malaysia 2:03.47

Final

The final was held on August 27.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Lenny Krayzelburg  United States 1:55.87 WR
2nd Ray Hass  Australia 1:59.87
3rd Cameron Delaney  Australia 1:59.98
4 Chris Renaud  Canada 2:00.14
5 Brad Bridgewater  United States 2:00.20
6 Keitaro Konnai  Japan 2:00.87
7 Naoya Sonoda  Japan 2:02.02
8 Scott Talbot-Cameron  New Zealand 2:02.13

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. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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