1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates August 26, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Winning time 7:57.61
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    Canada
1999 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Sydney, Australia
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

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

World record  East Germany (GDR)
Manuela Stellmach (2:00.23)
Astrid Strauss (1:58.90)
Anke Möhring (1:58.73)
Heike Friedrich (1:57.61)
7:55.47 Strasbourg, France August 18, 1987
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Cristina Teuscher (1:59.65)
Melanie Valerio (2:01.71)
Trina Jackson (2:00.51)
Jenny Thompson (2:00.81)
8:02.68 Atlanta, United States August 11, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only six teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lindsay Benko (1:58.86)
Ellen Stonebraker (1:59.68)
Jenny Thompson (2:00.02)
Cristina Teuscher (1:59.05)
 United States 7:57.61 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Giaan Rooney (2:00.62)
Rebecca Creedy (2:01.32)
Lori Munz (1:59.57)
Susie O'Neill (1:59.16)
 Australia 8:00.67 CWR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Deglau (2:02.55)
Joanne Malar (2:00.99)
Marianne Limpert (2:02.02)
Laura Nicholls (2:01.30)
 Canada 8:06.86
4 Junko Nakatani (2:02.72)
Maki Mita (2:01.33)
Suzu Chiba (2:01.16)
Yasuko Tajima (2:03.22)
 Japan 8:08.33
5 Deanna Schonwald (2:04.21)
Helen Norfolk (2:03.93)
Elizabeth Van Welie (2:07.41)
Alison Fitch (2:05.15)
 New Zealand 8:20.70
6 Chiang Tzu-ying (2:08.37)
Sung Yi-chieh (2:10.82)
Lin Fang-tzu (2:18.95)
Kuan Chia-hsien (2:09.20)
 Chinese Taipei 8:47.34

References

  1. 1 2 "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
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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