1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 23, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 15 from 8 nations
Winning time 4:16.54
Medalists
   Australia
   Canada
   United States
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 individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:14.77 Atlanta, USA August 10, 1995

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 23.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Trent Steed  Australia 4:19.14 Q
2 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:19.97 Q
3 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:20.22 Q
4 Erik Vendt  United States 4:20.42 Q
5 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:20.69 Q
6 Grant McGregor  Australia 4:20.72 Q
7 Justin Norris  Australia 4:22.69 Q
8 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:22.95 Q
9 Takahiro Mori  Japan 4:23.05
10 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:23.67
11 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:25.08
12 Dean Kent  New Zealand 4:27.07
13 Chuck Sayao  Canada 4:28.40
14 Tseng Cheng-hua  Chinese Taipei 4:36.62
15 Wan Azlan Abdullah  Malaysia 4:36.83

Final

The final was held on August 23.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:16.54
2nd Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.77
3rd Tom Wilkens  United States 4:18.58
4 Trent Steed  Australia 4:19.65
5 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:20.79
6 Takahiro Mori  Japan 4:23.09
7 Erik Vendt  United States 4:24.50
8 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:24.88

References

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