1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.^[3]

Records

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

World record		1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:02.60	Q
2			2:02.79	Q
3			2:02.86	Q
4			2:03.00	Q
5			2:03.11	Q
6			2:03.29	Q
7			2:03.52	Q
8			2:03.54	Q
9			2:04.17	Q
10			2:04.20	Q
11			2:04.33	Q
12			2:04.60	Q
13			2:04.64	Q
14			2:04.78	Q
15			2:05.03	Q
16			2:05.81	Q
17			2:06.26
18			2:06.85
19			2:08.55
20			2:11.44
21			2:12.79
22			2:13.26
23			2:18.25

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:02.38	Q
2			2:02.65	Q
3			2:02.78	Q
4			2:02.87	Q
5			2:03.36	Q
6			2:03.51	Q
7			2:03.60	Q
8			2:03.99	Q
9			2:04.01
10			2:04.14
11			2:04.26
12			2:04.27
13			2:04.62
14			2:05.10
15			2:05.73
16			2:07.11

Final

The final was held on August 27.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:01.01
			2:01.64
	Matthew Dunn		2:01.86
4	Grant McGregor		2:03.22
5	Ron Karnaugh		2:03.33
6	Terence Parkin		2:03.52
7	Theo Verster		2:04.24
8	Xie Xufeng		2:04.31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1999 . April 10, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .