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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors24 from 9 nations
Winning time4:08.39
Medalists
gold medal Brooke Bennett   United States
silver medal Lindsay Benko   United States
bronze medal Claudia Poll   Costa Rica
1999 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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: 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 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 place, gold medalist(s) Brooke Bennett  United States 4:08.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lindsay Benko  United States 4:08.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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. ^ a b c "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 Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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