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

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 21 from 8 nations
Winning time 4:40.23
Medalists
   Canada
   Japan
   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 women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kristine Quance of US.[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  Chen Yan (CHN) 4:34.79 Shanghai, China October 13, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record  Kristine Quance (USA) 4:39.25 Kobe, Japan August 13, 1993

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 Madeleine Crippen  United States 4:43.13 Q
2 Joanne Malar  Canada 4:44.76 Q
3 Yasuko Tajima  Japan 4:45.07 Q
4 Cristina Teuscher  United States 4:45.77 Q
5 Jennifer Reilly  Australia 4:46.63 Q
6 Elli Overton  Australia 4:48.06 Q
7 Helen Norfolk  New Zealand 4:48.55 Q
8 Emma Johnson  Australia 4:49.23 Q
9 Rachel Harris  Australia 4:50.44
10 Elizabeth Van Welie  New Zealand 4:50.58
11 Miyuki Ishikawa  Japan 4:50.64
12 Elizabeth Warden  Canada 4:52.94
13 Catherine Street  United States 4:53.22
14 Charlene Benzie  Australia 4:54.31
15 Amanda Loots  South Africa 4:55.37
16 Jacinta van Lint  Australia 4:55.82
17 Natalie du Toit  South Africa 4:58.40
18 Kristen Bradley  Canada 5:00.19
19 Kuan Chia-hsien  Chinese Taipei 5:06.82
20 Carissa Thompson  New Zealand 5:08.20
21 Sia Wai Yen  Malaysia 5:08.61

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Joanne Malar  Canada 4:40.23
2nd Yasuko Tajima  Japan 4:40.56
3rd Cristina Teuscher  United States 4:41.21
4 Madeleine Crippen  United States 4:41.30
5 Jennifer Reilly  Australia 4:46.06
6 Elli Overton  Australia 4:46.44
7 Helen Norfolk  New Zealand 4:47.46
8 Elizabeth Van Welie  New Zealand 4:52.61

References

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