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
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 1999 (heats & finals)
Competitors	15 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:16.54
Medalists
Matthew Dunn    Australia   Curtis Myden    Canada   Tom Wilkens    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:

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	Trent Steed	Australia	4:19.14	Q
2	Tom Wilkens	United States	4:19.97	Q
3	Matthew Dunn	Australia	4:20.22	Q
4	Erik Vendt	United States	4:20.42	Q
5	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:20.69	Q
6	Grant McGregor	Australia	4:20.72	Q
7	Justin Norris	Australia	4:22.69	Q
8	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	4:22.95	Q
9	Takahiro Mori	Japan	4:23.05
10	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:23.67
11	Owen Von Richter	Canada	4:25.08
12	Dean Kent	New Zealand	4:27.07
13	Chuck Sayao	Canada	4:28.40
14	Tseng Cheng-hua	Chinese Taipei	4:36.62
15	Wan Azlan Abdullah	Malaysia	4:36.83

Final

The final was held on August 23.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Dunn	Australia	4:16.54
	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:16.77
	Tom Wilkens	United States	4:18.58
4	Trent Steed	Australia	4:19.65
5	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:20.79
6	Takahiro Mori	Japan	4:23.09
7	Erik Vendt	United States	4:24.50
8	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	4:24.88

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 10, 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