1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kristine Quance of US.[2]

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 22, 1999 (heats & finals)
Competitors	21 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:40.23
Medalists
Joanne Malar    Canada   Yasuko Tajima    Japan   Cristina Teuscher    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	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:34.79	Shanghai, China	October 13, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kristine Quance (USA)	4:39.25	Kobe, Japan	August 13, 1993

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	Madeleine Crippen	United States	4:43.13	Q
2	Joanne Malar	Canada	4:44.76	Q
3	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	4:45.07	Q
4	Cristina Teuscher	United States	4:45.77	Q
5	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	4:46.63	Q
6	Elli Overton	Australia	4:48.06	Q
7	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	4:48.55	Q
8	Emma Johnson	Australia	4:49.23	Q
9	Rachel Harris	Australia	4:50.44
10	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	4:50.58
11	Miyuki Ishikawa	Japan	4:50.64
12	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	4:52.94
13	Catherine Street	United States	4:53.22
14	Charlene Benzie	Australia	4:54.31
15	Amanda Loots	South Africa	4:55.37
16	Jacinta van Lint	Australia	4:55.82
17	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	4:58.40
18	Kristen Bradley	Canada	5:00.19
19	Kuan Chia-hsien	Chinese Taipei	5:06.82
20	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	5:08.20
21	Sia Wai Yen	Malaysia	5:08.61

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Joanne Malar	Canada	4:40.23
	Yasuko Tajima	Japan	4:40.56
	Cristina Teuscher	United States	4:41.21
4	Madeleine Crippen	United States	4:41.30
5	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	4:46.06
6	Elli Overton	Australia	4:46.44
7	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	4:47.46
8	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	4:52.61

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 3, 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