1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Le Jingyi of China.[2]

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 28, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 29, 1999 (final)
Competitors	30 from 7 nations
Winning time	25.51
Medalists
Jenny Thompson    United States   Sarah Ryan    Australia   Liesl Kolbisen    United States

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record	Le Jingyi (CHN)	24.51	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	Amy Van Dyken (USA)	25.03	Atlanta, United States	August 13, 1995

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 28.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jenny Thompson	United States	25.90	Q
2	Liesl Kolbisen	United States	26.11	Q
3	Kari Haag-Woodall	United States	26.12	Q
4	Anna Lydall	Canada	26.30	Q
5	Toni Jeffs	New Zealand	26.33	Q
6	Laura Nicholls	Canada	26.34	Q
7	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	26.44	Q
8	Samantha Arsenault	United States	26.50	Q
9	Sarah Ryan	Australia	26.56	Q
10	Ashley Tappin	United States	26.62	Q
11	Stacey Bowley	South Africa	26.63	Q
12	Rebecca Creedy	Australia	26.69	Q
13	Monique Robins	New Zealand	26.73	Q
14	Vivienne Rignall	New Zealand	26.80	Q
14	Jenna Gresdal	Canada	26.82	Q
16	Melanie Dodd	Australia	26.89	Q
17	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	26.98
18	Lori Munz	Australia	27.00
19	Jacinta van Lint	Australia	27.02
20	Keiko Price	United States	27.08
21	Angela Kennedy	Australia	27.15
21	Elli Overton	Australia	27.15
23	Alison Fitch	New Zealand	27.28
23	Sarah Evanetz	Canada	27.28
25	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	27.32
26	Janet Cook	Canada	27.34
27	Caroline Pickering	Fiji	27.46
28	Sung Yi-chieh	Chinese Taipei	28.02
29	Candice Crafford	South Africa	28.13
30	Candice Nethercott	South Africa	28.78

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jenny Thompson	United States	25.64	Q
2	Liesl Kolbisen	United States	25.74	Q
3	Kari Haag-Woodall	United States	26.05	Q
4	Toni Jeffs	New Zealand	26.15	Q
5	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	26.20	Q
6	Laura Nicholls	Canada	26.23	Q
7	Rebecca Creedy	Australia	26.24	Q
8	Anna Lydall	Canada	26.30	Q
9	Sarah Ryan	Australia	26.43
10	Vivienne Rignall	New Zealand	26.61
11	Stacey Bowley	South Africa	26.62
12	Samantha Arsenault	United States	26.63
13	Jenna Gresdal	Canada	26.67
14	Melanie Dodd	Australia	26.85
15	Monique Robins	New Zealand	26.94
16	Renate du Plessis	South Africa	26.96

Final

The final was held on August 29.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jenny Thompson	United States	25.51
	Sarah Ryan	Australia	25.95
	Liesl Kolbisen	United States	25.97
4	Rebecca Creedy	Australia	26.13
5	Laura Nicholls	Canada	26.16
6	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	26.28
7	Toni Jeffs	New Zealand	26.30
8	Anna Lydall	Canada	26.58

References

1. "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.