1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 24, 1999 (heats &
semifinals)
August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors45 from 9 nations
Winning time1:58.17
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record  Franziska van Almsick (GER) 1:56.78 Rome, Italy September 6, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Claudia Poll (CRC) 1:57.48 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 Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:59.47 Q
2 Lindsay Benko  United States 1:59.81 Q
3 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 2:00.30 Q
4 Cristina Teucher  United States 2:00.43 Q
5 Ellen Stonebraker  United States 2:00.48 Q
6 Jenny Thompson  United States 2:00.71 Q
7 Suzu Chiba  Japan 2:00.75 Q
8 Rebecca Creedy  Australia 2:01.34 Q
9 Samantha Arsenault  United States 2:01.56 Q
10 Sarah Tolar  United States 2:01.57 Q
11 Lori Munz  Australia 2:01.90 Q
12 Kari Haag-Woodall  United States 2:02.07 Q
12 Giaan Rooney  Australia 2:02.07 Q
14 Jacinta van Lint  Australia 2:02.48 Q
15 Elli Overton  Australia 2:02.55 Q
16 Junko Nakatani  Japan 2:03.14 ?
16 Emma Johnson  Australia 2:03.14 ?
18 Laura Nicholls  Canada 2:03.48
19 Sarah D'Arcy  Australia 2:03.76
20 Liesl Kolbisen  United States 2:04.09
21 Maki Mita  Japan 2:04.21
22 Kate Godfrey  Australia 2:04.36
23 Roh Joo-hee  South Korea 2:04.46
24 Jen Button  Canada 2:04.48
25 Deanna Schonwald  New Zealand 2:04.84
26 Melanie Dodd  Australia 2:05.08
27 Charlene Benzie  Australia 2:05.14
28 Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei 2:05.33
29 Andrea Schwartz  Canada 2:05.55
30 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 2:05.67
31 Katie Brambley  Canada 2:05.87
32 Kim van Selm  South Africa 2:06.04
33 Melissa Deary  United States 2:06.05
34 Lindsay Beavers  Canada 2:06.23
35 Danielle Woods  Australia 2:06.52
36 Kirsten van Heerden  South Africa 2:06.78
37 Alison Fitch  New Zealand 2:06.82
38 Stacey Bowley  South Africa 2:07.10
39 Monique Robins  New Zealand 2:07.15
40 Jenna Gresdal  Canada 2:07.40
41 Danielle Bell  Canada 2:07.65
42 Chiang Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei 2:08.37
43 Sung Yi-chieh  Chinese Taipei 2:09.45
44 Kuan Chia-hsien  Chinese Taipei 2:09.55
45 Jolie Workman  New Zealand 2:10.67

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:59.88 Q
2 Lindsay Benko  United States 2:00.31 Q
3 Ellen Stonebraker  United States 2:00.52 Q
4 Suzu Chiba  Japan 2:00.53 Q
5 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 2:00.76 Q
6 Giaan Rooney  Australia 2:01.02 Q
7 Sarah Tolar  United States 2:01.14 Q
8 Rebecca Creedy  Australia 2:01.21 Q
9 Samantha Arsenault  United States 2:01.33
10 Jacinta van Lint  Australia 2:01.96
11 Jen Button  Canada 2:02.48
12 Junko Nakatani  Japan 2:03.14
13 Laura Nicholls  Canada 2:02.93
14 Maki Mita  Japan 2:03.35
15 Deanna Schonwald  New Zealand 2:04.62
16 Roh Joo-hee  South Korea 2:04.71

Final

The final was held on August 25.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:58.17 CWR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lindsay Benko  United States 1:59.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Stonebraker  United States 2:00.46
4 Suzu Chiba  Japan 2:00.54
5 Giaan Rooney  Australia 2:00.60
6 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 2:01.26
7 Junko Nakatani  Japan 2:01.94
8 Laura Nicholls  Canada 2:04.73

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.