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

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champions were Bill Pilczuk of US and Ricardo Busquets of Puerto Rico.[2]

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 27, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors	32 from 10 nations
Winning time	22.06
Medalists
Brendon Dedekind    South Africa   Gary Hall, Jr.    United States   Bill Pilczuk    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	Tom Jager (USA)	21.81	Nashville, United States	March 24, 1990
Pan Pacific Championships record	Tom Jager (USA)	22.12	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

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 27.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brendon Dedekind	South Africa	22.16	Q
2	Gary Hall, Jr.	United States	22.47	Q
3	Jason Lezak	United States	22.64	Q
4	Neil Walker	United States	22.76	Q
5	Bill Pilczuk	United States	22.80	Q
6	Chris Fydler	Australia	22.86	Q
7	Tomohiro Yamanoi	Japan	22.90	Q
8	Jeffrey English	Australia	23.05	Q
9	Nathan Rickard	Australia	23.06	Q
10	Nicholas Folker	South Africa	23.16	Q
11	Jay Schryver	United States	23.34	Q
12	Greg Main-Baillie	South Africa	23.44	Q
13	Brad Schumacher	United States	23.45	Q
14	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	23.48	Q
14	Yannick Lupien	Canada	23.48	Q
16	Todd Pearson	Australia	23.54	Q
17	Ian Crocker	United States	23.55
18	Craig Hutchison	Canada	23.64
19	Brad Herring	New Zealand	23.79
20	Wing Fu	Hong Kong	23.98
21	Yosuke Ichikawa	Japan	24.03
22	Jake Steele	Canada	24.06
23	Scott Rice	New Zealand	24.19
24	Shusuke Ito	Japan	24.26
25	Carl Probert	Fiji	24.39
26	Graham Duthie	Canada	24.40
27	Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	24.45
28	Mark Thompson	New Zealand	24.82
29	Merlin Fredericks	South Africa	24.82
30	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	25.00
31	Chen Lin-Hung	Chinese Taipei	25.18
32	Pan Tsung-Nan	Chinese Taipei	25.78

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brendon Dedekind	South Africa	22.14	Q
2	Gary Hall, Jr.	United States	22.44	Q
3	Bill Pilczuk	United States	22.59	Q
4	Neil Walker	United States	22.63	Q
5	Jason Lezak	United States	22.64	Q
5	Chris Fydler	Australia	22.64	Q
7	Nathan Rickard	Australia	22.80	Q
8	Nicholas Folker	South Africa	22.86	Q
9	Jeffrey English	Australia	22.90
10	Tomohiro Yamanoi	Japan	23.06
11	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	23.39
12	Greg Main-Baillie	South Africa	23.49
13	Yannick Lupien	Canada	23.49
14	Brad Herring	New Zealand	23.55
15	Todd Pearson	Australia	23.56
16	Craig Hutchison	Canada	23.74

Final

The final was held on August 28.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brendon Dedekind	South Africa	22.06	CR
	Gary Hall, Jr.	United States	22.26
	Bill Pilczuk	United States	22.52
4	Chris Fydler	Australia	22.61
5	Nathan Rickard	Australia	22.92
6	Nicholas Folker	South Africa	22.93
7	Tomohiro Yamanoi	Japan	22.98
8	Shunsuke Ito	Japan	23.52

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.