1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.[2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 24, 1999 (final)
Competitors	23 from 7 nations
Winning time	53.60
Medalists
Lenny Krayzelburg    United States   Matt Welsh    Australia   Josh Watson    Australia

This race consisted of two 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	Jeff Rouse (USA)	53.86	Barcelona, Spain	July 31, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	54.43	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 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	54.80	Q
2	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.92	Q
3	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	56.07	Q
3	Josh Watson	Australia	56.07	Q
5	Robert Brewer	United States	56.09	Q
6	Matt Welsh	Australia	56.17	Q
7	Mark Versfeld	Canada	56.25	Q
8	Brad Bridgewater	United States	56.40	Q
9	Ray Hass	Australia	56.42	Q
10	Dustin Hersee	Canada	56.50	Q
11	Neil Walker	United States	56.51	Q
12	Chris Renaud	Canada	56.82	Q
13	Simon Thirsk	South Africa	56.96	Q
14	Alex Lim	Malaysia	57.02	Q
15	Cameron Delaney	Australia	57.31	Q
16	Greg Hamm	Canada	57.43	Q
17	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	57.69
18	Robert van der Zant	Australia	57.90
19	Scott Miller	Australia	58.02
20	Geoff Huegill	Australia	58.22
21	Greg Main-Baillie	South Africa	58.48
22	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	58.79
23	Torin Hay	New Zealand	58.82

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	54.07	Q, CR
2	Matt Welsh	Australia	55.42	Q
3	Robert Brewer	United States	55.56	Q
4	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.58	Q
5	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	55.70	Q
6	Mark Versfeld	Canada	55.83	Q
7	Josh Watson	Australia	55.84	Q
8	Brad Bridgewater	United States	56.07	Q
9	Ray Hass	Australia	56.15
10	Neil Walker	United States	56.16
11	Chris Renaud	Canada	56.40
12	Cameron Delaney	Australia	56.48
13	Dustin Hersee	Canada	56.52
14	Simon Thirsk	South Africa	56.64
15	Alex Lim	Malaysia	57.17
16	Greg Hamm	Canada	57.57

Final

The final was held on August 24.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	53.60	WR
	Matt Welsh	Australia	55.13
	Josh Watson	Australia	55.18
4	Robert Brewer	United States	55.39
5	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.61
6	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	55.62
7	Mark Versfeld	Canada	55.82
8	Chris Renaud	Canada	55.87

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.