1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 26, 1999 (heats &; semifinals); August 27, 1999 (final)
Competitors	23 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:55.87
Medalists
	← 1997 2002 →

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[3]

Records[edit]

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

World record	Martin López-Zubero (ESP)	1:56.57	Tuscaloosa, United States	November 23, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:57.87	Fukuoka, Japan	August 12, 1997

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

The first round was held on August 26.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ray Hass	Australia	2:00.27	Q
2	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	2:00.54	Q
3	Matt Welsh	Australia	2:01.15	Q
4	Cameron Delaney	Australia	2:01.36	Q
5	Josh Davis	United States	2:01.61	Q
6	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:01.91	Q
7	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:02.02	Q
7	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:02.02	Q
9	Greg Hamm	Canada	2:02.19	Q
10	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:02.21	Q
11	Josh Watson	Australia	2:02.23	Q
12	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:02.48	Q
13	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:02.49	Q
14	Alex Lim	Malaysia	2:03.48	Q
15	Fu Yong	China	2:03.76	Q
16	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:04.44	Q
17	Chuck Sayao	Canada	2:05.19
18	Torin Hay	New Zealand	2:05.44
19	Simon Thirsk	South Africa	2:05.56
20	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	2:07.37
21	Greg Main-Baillie	South Africa	2:08.73
22	Carl Probert	Fiji	2:11.14
23	Hsu Kuo-tung	Chinese Taipei	2:16.21

The semifinals were held on August 26.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:57.41	Q, CR
2	Ray Hass	Australia	1:59.08	Q, CWR
3	Cameron Delaney	Australia	2:00.43	Q
4	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.46	Q
5	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:00.53	Q
6	Josh Watson	Australia	2:00.80	Q
7	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:01.38	Q
8	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:01.44	Q
9	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:01.53
9	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:01.53
11	Matt Welsh	Australia	2:01.57
12	Greg Hamm	Canada	2:01.67
13	Fu Yong	China	2:02.67
14	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:02.71
15	Josh Davis	United States	2:03.46
16	Alex Lim	Malaysia	2:03.47

The final was held on August 27.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:55.87	WR
	Ray Hass	Australia	1:59.87
	Cameron Delaney	Australia	1:59.98
4	Chris Renaud	Canada	2:00.14
5	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.20
6	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:00.87
7	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:02.02
8	Scott Talbot-Cameron	New Zealand	2:02.13

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

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
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