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

The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Lenny Krayzelburg of US.[2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 26, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors	23 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:55.87
Medalists
Lenny Krayzelburg    United States   Ray Hass    Australia   Cameron Delaney    Australia

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

Records

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

World record	Martin López-Zubero (ESP)	1:56.57	Tuscaloosa, United States	November 23, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:57.87	Fukuoka, Japan	August 12, 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 26.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ray Hass	Australia	2:00.27	Q
2	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	2:00.54	Q
3	Matt Welsh	Australia	2:01.15	Q
4	Cameron Delaney	Australia	2:01.36	Q
5	Josh Davis	United States	2:01.61	Q
6	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:01.91	Q
7	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:02.02	Q
7	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:02.02	Q
9	Greg Hamm	Canada	2:02.19	Q
10	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:02.21	Q
11	Josh Watson	Australia	2:02.23	Q
12	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:02.48	Q
13	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:02.49	Q
14	Alex Lim	Malaysia	2:03.48	Q
15	Fu Yong	China	2:03.76	Q
16	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:04.44	Q
17	Chuck Sayao	Canada	2:05.19
18	Torin Hay	New Zealand	2:05.44
19	Simon Thirsk	South Africa	2:05.56
20	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	2:07.37
21	Greg Main-Baillie	South Africa	2:08.73
22	Carl Probert	Fiji	2:11.14
23	Hsu Kuo-tung	Chinese Taipei	2:16.21

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:57.41	Q, CR
2	Ray Hass	Australia	1:59.08	Q, CWR
3	Cameron Delaney	Australia	2:00.43	Q
4	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.46	Q
5	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:00.53	Q
6	Josh Watson	Australia	2:00.80	Q
7	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:01.38	Q
8	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:01.44	Q
9	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:01.53
9	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:01.53
11	Matt Welsh	Australia	2:01.57
12	Greg Hamm	Canada	2:01.67
13	Fu Yong	China	2:02.67
14	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:02.71
15	Josh Davis	United States	2:03.46
16	Alex Lim	Malaysia	2:03.47

Final

The final was held on August 27.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:55.87	WR
	Ray Hass	Australia	1:59.87
	Cameron Delaney	Australia	1:59.98
4	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:00.14
5	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.20
6	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:00.87
7	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:02.02
8	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:02.13

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 5, 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.