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

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]

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
    Australia
    Canada
    United States

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

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Trent Steed Australia4:19.14Q
2Tom Wilkens United States4:19.97Q
3Matthew Dunn Australia4:20.22Q
4Erik Vendt United States4:20.42Q
5Curtis Myden Canada4:20.69Q
6Grant McGregor Australia4:20.72Q
7Justin Norris Australia4:22.69Q
8Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan4:22.95Q
9Takahiro Mori Japan4:23.05
10Terence Parkin South Africa4:23.67
11Owen Von Richter Canada4:25.08
12Dean Kent New Zealand4:27.07
13Chuck Sayao Canada4:28.40
14Tseng Cheng-hua Chinese Taipei4:36.62
15Wan Azlan Abdullah Malaysia4:36.83

Final

The final was held on August 23.[1]

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Matthew Dunn Australia4:16.54
Curtis Myden Canada4:16.77
Tom Wilkens United States4:18.58
4Trent Steed Australia4:19.65
5Terence Parkin South Africa4:20.79
6Takahiro Mori Japan4:23.09
7Erik Vendt United States4:24.50
8Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan4:24.88

References

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