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

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]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors	21 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:55.41
Medalists
Tom Malchow    United States   Takashi Yamamoto    Japan   Uğur Taner    United States

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
	Tom Malchow	United States	1:55.41	CR
	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:57.33
	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. "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