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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 24 from 9 nations
Winning time 4:08.39
Medalists
 Brooke Bennett  United States
 Lindsay Benko  United States
 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica
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 women'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 Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.[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  Janet Evans (USA) 4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record  Janet Evans (USA) 4:04.53 Tokyo, Japan August 1989

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 Brooke Bennett  United States 4:09.15 Q
2 Lindsay Benko  United States 4:10.48 Q
3 Ellen Stonebraker  United States 4:10.83 Q
4 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 4:12.75 Q
5 Cristina Teuscher  United States 4:13.67 Q
6 Rachel Harris  Australia 4:14.84 Q
7 Melissa Deary  United States 4:15.10 Q
8 Charlene Benzie  Australia 4:15.65 Q
9 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 4:16.95
10 Danielle Woods  Australia 4:17.46
11 Sarah D'Arcy  Australia 4:17.80
12 Jennifer Reilly  Australia 4:18.06
13 Molly Freedman  United States 4:18.08
14 Kim van Selm  South Africa 4:21.39
15 Danielle Bell  Canada 4:21.51
16 Sarah Tolar  United States 4:22.39
17 Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei 4:22.50
18 Lindsay Beavers  Canada 4:24.47
19 Junko Nakatani  Japan 4:24.81
20 Elizabeth Van Welie  New Zealand 4:25.29
21 Natalie du Toit  South Africa 4:26.26
22 Deanna Schonwald  New Zealand 4:26.96
23 Katie Brambley  Canada 4:27.02
24 Roh Joo-Hee  South Korea 4:27.25

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Brooke Bennett  United States 4:08.39
2nd Lindsay Benko  United States 4:08.75
3rd Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 4:11.54
4 Rachel Harris  Australia 4:14.80
5 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 4:15.54
6 Charlene Benzie  Australia 4:15.76
7 Danielle Bell  Canada 4:21.36
8 Kim van Selm  South Africa 4:21.66

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
  3. ↑ Swimming technical manual
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