1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley 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	2:01.01
Medalists
Tom Wilkens   United States   Curtis Myden   Canada   Matthew Dunn   Australia

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia. This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

Records

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

World record	Jani Sievinen (FIN)	1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	David Wharton (USA)	2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

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 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:02.60	Q
2	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:02.79	Q
3	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:02.86	Q
4	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:03.00	Q
5	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:03.11	Q
6	Justin Norris	Australia	2:03.29	Q
7	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:03.52	Q
8	Xie Xufeng	China	2:03.54	Q
9	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:04.17	Q
10	Owen Von Richter	Canada	2:04.20	Q
11	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:04.33	Q
12	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:04.60	Q
13	Takahiro Mori	Japan	2:04.64	Q
14	Trent Steed	Australia	2:04.78	Q
15	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:05.03	Q
16	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	2:05.81	Q
17	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:06.26
18	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:06.85
19	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:08.55
20	Brian Johns	Canada	2:11.44
21	Tseng Cheng-hua	Chinese Taipei	2:12.79
22	Wan Azlan Abdullah	Malaysia	2:13.26
23	Hsu Kuo-tung	Chinese Taipei	2:18.25

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:02.38	Q
2	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:02.65	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:02.78	Q
4	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:02.87	Q
5	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:03.36	Q
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:03.51	Q
7	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:03.60	Q
8	Justin Norris	Australia	2:03.99	Q
9	Xie Xufeng	China	2:04.01
10	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:04.14
11	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:04.26
12	Takahiro Mori	Japan	2:04.27
13	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	2:04.62
14	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:05.10
15	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:05.73
16	Owen Von Richter	Canada	2:07.11

Final

The final was held on August 27.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:01.01
	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:01.64
	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:01.86
4	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:03.22
5	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:03.33
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:03.52
7	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:04.24
8	Xie Xufeng	China	2:04.31