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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Samantha Riley of AUS.[2]

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 24, 1999 (final)
Competitors	18 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:07.08
Medalists
Penelope Heyns    South Africa   Megan Quann    United States   Kristy Kowal    United States

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	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.95	Los Angeles, United States	July 18, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:07.81	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 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:06.52	Q, WR
2	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.02	Q
3	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.13	Q
4	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:09.55	Q
5	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.76	Q
6	Tarnee White	Australia	1:10.34	Q
7	Caroline Hildreth	Australia	1:10.95	Q
8	Li Wei	China	1:11.07	Q
9	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:11.08	Q
10	Catherine Street	United States	1:11.25	Q
11	Ashley Roby	United States	1:11.43	Q
12	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:11.65	Q
13	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:12.03	Q
14	Ayumi Shirata	Japan	1:12.08	Q
15	Nadine Neumann	Australia	1:12.33	Q
16	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	1:12.38	Q
17	Kye Yoon-Hee	South Korea	1:13.87
18	Megan McMahon	Australia	1:15.28

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:06.99	Q
2	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.62	Q
3	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.16	Q
4	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:09.61	Q
5	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.72	Q
6	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.91	Q
7	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:10.08	Q
8	Caroline Hildreth	Australia	1:10.36	Q
9	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:10.61
10	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:10.88
11	Ayumi Shirata	Japan	1:11.17
12	Ashley Roby	United States	1:11.27
13	Catherine Street	United States	1:11.50
14	Li Wei	China	1:11.59
15	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	1:11.88
16	Nadine Neumann	Australia	1:11.89

Final

The final was held on August 24.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:07.08
	Megan Quann	United States	1:08.54
	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.56
4	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.21
5	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.30
6	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:09.31
7	Tarnee White	Australia	1:10.12
8	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:10.91

References

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