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

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 24, 1999 (heats &
semifinals)
August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors21 from 9 nations
Winning time1:55.41
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    United States

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Uğur Taner of US.[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[3]

Records

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

World record  Denis Pankratov (RUS) 1:55.22 Canet-en-Roussillon, France June 14, 1995
Pan Pacific Championships record  Uğur Taner (USA) 1:57.35 Fukuoka, Japan August 10, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 24.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Malchow  United States 1:56.07 Q, CR
2 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:58.95 Q
3 Bill Kirby  Australia 1:59.05 Q
4 Greg Shaw  Australia 1:59.20 Q
5 Uğur Taner  United States 1:59.25 Q
6 Xie Xufeng  China 1:59.66 Q
7 Shamek Pietucha  Canada 2:00.27 Q
8 Justin Norris  Australia 2:00.35 Q
9 Hisayoshi Tanaka  Japan 2:00.54 Q
10 Han Kyu-Chul  South Korea 2:01.00 Q
11 Adam Sioui  Canada 2:01.41 Q
12 Philip Weiss  Canada 2:01.47 Q
13 Douglas Browne  Canada 2:02.77 Q
14 Trent Steed  Australia 2:02.82 Q
15 Theo Verster  South Africa 2:02.84 Q
16 Grant McGregor  Australia 2:03.01 Q
17 Craig Stevens  Australia 2:04.15
18 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 2:04.16
19 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:05.66
20 Nicholas Sheeran  New Zealand 2:05.79
21 Tseng Cheng-hua  Chinese Taipei 2:07.62

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Malchow  United States 1:55.76 Q, CR
2 Uğur Taner  United States 1:57.68 Q
3 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:58.74 Q
4 Bill Kirby  Australia 1:58.83 Q
5 Xie Xufeng  China 1:59.11 Q
6 Hisayoshi Tanaka  Japan 1:59.14 Q
7 Greg Shaw  Australia 1:59.19 Q
8 Shamek Pietucha  Canada 1:59.28 Q
9 Justin Norris  Australia 1:59.44
10 Philip Weiss  Canada 2:00.51
11 Adam Sioui  Canada 2:00.84
12 Theo Verster  South Africa 2:01.63
13 Trent Steed  Australia 2:02.83
14 Douglas Browne  Canada 2:03.70
15 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 2:04.48
- Han Kyu-Chul  South Korea DNS

Final

The final was held on August 25.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Malchow  United States 1:55.41 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 1:57.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Uğur Taner  United States 1:57.82
4 Bill Kirby  Australia 1:58.53
5 Greg Shaw  Australia 1:58.98
6 Hisayoshi Tanaka  Japan 1:59.43
7 Xie Xufeng  China 1:59.53
8 Shamek Pietucha  Canada 2:00.00

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine