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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 23, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time4:16.54
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    United States
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The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.[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

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

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:14.77 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 23.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Trent Steed  Australia 4:19.14 Q
2 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:19.97 Q
3 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:20.22 Q
4 Erik Vendt  United States 4:20.42 Q
5 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:20.69 Q
6 Grant McGregor  Australia 4:20.72 Q
7 Justin Norris  Australia 4:22.69 Q
8 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:22.95 Q
9 Takahiro Mori  Japan 4:23.05
10 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:23.67
11 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:25.08
12 Dean Kent  New Zealand 4:27.07
13 Chuck Sayao  Canada 4:28.40
14 Tseng Cheng-hua  Chinese Taipei 4:36.62
15 Wan Azlan Abdullah  Malaysia 4:36.83

Final

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The final was held on August 23.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:16.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Wilkens  United States 4:18.58
4 Trent Steed  Australia 4:19.65
5 Terence Parkin  South Africa 4:20.79
6 Takahiro Mori  Japan 4:23.09
7 Erik Vendt  United States 4:24.50
8 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:24.88

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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