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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22–23 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kurt Grote of US.[2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 22, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 23, 1999 (final)
Competitors	27 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:02.06
Medalists
Simon Cowley    Australia   Regan Harrison    Australia   Morgan Knabe    Canada

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Fred Deburghgraeve (BEL)	1:00.60	Atlanta, United States	July 20, 1996
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:01.22	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 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 22.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:01.87	Q
2	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.56	Q
3	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.59	Q
4	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	1:02.91	Q
5	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:02.99	Q
6	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:03.01	Q
7	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:03.12	Q
8	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	1:03.44	Q
9	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	1:03.50	Q
10	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	1:03.53	Q
11	Kurt Grote	United States	1:03.54	Q
12	Gregory Owen	South Africa	1:03.86	Q
13	Chris Stewart	South Africa	1:03.93	Q
14	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:04.05	Q
15	Terence Parkin	South Africa	1:04.16	Q
16	Michel Boulianne	Canada	1:04.17	Q
17	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	1:04.40
18	Jason Hunter	Canada	1:04.43
19	Justin Norris	Australia	1:04.56
20	Zeng Qiliang	China	1:04.84
21	Matthew Huang	Canada	1:05.12
22	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	1:05.20
23	Trent Steed	Australia	1:06.02
24	Matthew Kwok	Hong Kong	1:06.33
25	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	1:06.39
26	Dean Kent	New Zealand	1:07.32
27	Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	1:11.74

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 22.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:01.60	Q
2	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:02.38	Q
3	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.72	Q
4	Kurt Grote	United States	1:02.82	Q
5	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.93	Q
6	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:02.94	Q
7	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:03.18	Q
8	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	1:03.31
9	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:03.36
10	Terence Parkin	South Africa	1:03.52
11	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	1:03.58
12	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	1:03.92
13	Chris Stewart	South Africa	1:04.39
14	Michel Boulianne	Canada	1:04.69
15	Gregory Owen	South Africa	1:04.91
16	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	1:05.15

Final

The final was held on August 23.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:02.06
	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.26
	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.37
4	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:02.65
5	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.70
6	Kurt Grote	United States	1:02.79
7	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:02.95
8	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:03.11

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 Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine