1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.[1] It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course (25 m pool) events.[2]

Participating nations

59 of 61 nations with swimmers at the 1999 Short Course Worlds were:[3]

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle details	Mark Foster Great Britain	21.81	José Meolans Argentina	21.84	Mark Veens Netherlands	21.88
100m Freestyle details	Lars Frölander Sweden	47.05	Michael Klim Australia	47.49	Bartosz Kizierowski Poland	47.75
200m Freestyle details	Ian Thorpe Australia	1:43.28 WR	Michael Klim Australia	1:43.78	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	1:44.39
400m Freestyle details	Grant Hackett Australia	3:35.01 WR	Ian Thorpe Australia	3:35.64	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	3:42.81
1500m Freestyle details	Grant Hackett Australia	14:32.87	Graeme Smith Great Britain	14:45.41	Daniel Kowalski Australia	14:51.44

50m Backstroke details	Rodolfo Falcón Cuba	24.34	Mariusz Siembida Poland	24.41	Matt Welsh Australia	24.70
100m Backstroke details	Rodolfo Falcón Cuba	52.44	Matt Welsh Australia	52.45	Mariusz Siembida Poland	53.27
200m Backstroke details	Josh Watson Australia	1:54.67	Mark Versfeld Canada	1:55.42	Sergey Ostapchuk Russia	1:55.61

50m Breaststroke details	Dmytri Kraevskyy Ukraine	27.40	Patrik Isaksson Sweden	27.57	Remo Lütolf Switzerland	27.59
100m Breaststroke details	Patrik Isaksson Sweden	59.69	Domenico Fioravanti Italy	59.88	Morgan Knabe Canada	59.93
200m Breaststroke details	Phil Rogers Australia	2:08.72	Ryan Mitchell Australia	2:08.73	Dmitri Komornikov Russia	2:09.18

50m Butterfly details	Mark Foster Great Britain	23.61	Zhang Qiang China	23.87	Joris Keizer Netherlands	23.96
100m Butterfly details	Lars Frölander Sweden	51.45	Michael Klim Australia	51.56	James Hickman Great Britain	51.60
200m Butterfly details	James Hickman Great Britain	1:52.71	Takashi Yamamoto Japan	1:54.68	Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	1:55.41

100m I.M. details	Jani Sievinen Finland	54.18	Matthew Dunn Australia	54.77	Jacob Andersen Denmark	55.05
200m I.M. details	Matthew Dunn Australia	1:55.81	James Hickman Great Britain	1:56.51	Marcel Wouda Netherlands	1:58.63
400 I.M. details	Matthew Dunn Australia	4:06.05	Marcel Wouda Netherlands	4:09.29	Frederik Hviid Spain	4:10.92

4 × 100 m Free Relay details	Australia Chris Fydler Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe Michael Klim	3:11.21	Netherlands Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Marcel Wouda Pieter van den Hoogenband	3:11.57 ER	Sweden Dan Lindström Lars Frölander Mattias Ohlin Daniel Carlsson	3:12.69
4 × 200 m Free Relay details	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Johan Kenkhuis Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda	7:04.48 ER	Great Britain Gavin Meadows Sion Brinn Paul Palmer Edward Sinclair	7:07.20	Canada Mark Johnston Brian Johns Rick Say Yannick Lupien	7:08.02
4 × 100 m Medley Relay details	Australia Matt Welsh Phil Rogers Michael Klim Chris Fydler	3:29.88 WR	Sweden Mattias Ohlin Patrik Isaksson Daniel Carlsson Lars Frölander	3:30.32 ER	Great Britain Neil Willey Darren Mew James Hickman Sion Brinn	3:32.25

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle details	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands	24.35 ER	Jenny Thompson USA	24.57	Alison Sheppard Great Britain	24.97
100m Freestyle details	Jenny Thompson USA	53.24	Sandra Völker Germany	53.76	Sue Rolph Great Britain	53.78
200m Freestyle details	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	1:56.11	Caini Qin China	1:57.26	Josefin Lillhage Sweden	1:57.46
400m Freestyle details	Nadezhda Chemezova Russia	4:05.23	Caini Qin China	4:06.34	Joanne Malar Canada	4:06.83
800m Freestyle details	Hua Chen China	8:20.13	Rachel Harris Australia	8:23.36	Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland	8:26.38

50m Backstroke details	Sandra Völker Germany	27.63	Mai Nakamura Japan	27.73	Kellie McMillan Australia	28.29
100m Backstroke details	Mai Nakamura Japan	58.67	Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada	1:00.43	Erin Gammel Canada	1:00.49
200m Backstroke details	Mai Nakamura Japan	2:06.49	Helen Don-Duncan Great Britain	2:08.18	Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada	2:09.51

50m Breaststroke details	Masami Tanaka Japan	30.80	Penny Heyns South Africa	30.88	Xue Han China	31.24
100m Breaststroke details	Masami Tanaka Japan	1:06.38	Penny Heyns South Africa	1:06.47	Samantha Riley Australia	1:07.50
200m Breaststroke details	Masami Tanaka Japan	2:20.22 WR	Penny Heyns South Africa	2:24.27	Qi Hui China	2:25.05

50m Butterfly details	Jenny Thompson USA	26.18	Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden	26.21	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands	26.41
100m Butterfly details	Jenny Thompson USA	57.65	Johanna Sjöberg Sweden	57.74	Ayari Aoyama Japan	58.29
200m Butterfly details	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	2:06.52 ER	Petria Thomas Australia	2:06.53	Sophia Skou Denmark	2:08.29

100m I.M. details	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	1:00.20 ER	Lori Munz Australia	1:01.40	Oxana Verevka Russia	1:01.55
200m I.M. details	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	2:08.55 ER	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	2:10.67	Lori Munz Australia	2:11.48
400m I.M. details	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	4:32.32	Joanne Malar Canada	4:34.90	Lourdes Becerra Spain	4:38.44

4 × 100 m Free Relay details	Great Britain Alison Sheppard Claire Huddart Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	3:36.88	Netherlands Thamar Henneken Wilma van Hofwegen Chantal Groot Inge de Bruijn	3:39.40	Australia Lori Munz Rebecca Creedy Melanie Dodd Sarah Ryan	3:39.82
4 × 200 m Free Relay details	Sweden Josefin Lillhage Louise Jöhncke Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström	7:51.70 WR	Great Britain Claire Huddart Karen Legg Nicola Jackson Karen Pickering	7:53.98	Australia Lori Munz Jacinta van Lint Rebecca Creedy Giaan Rooney	7:55.81
4 × 100 m Medley Relay details	Japan Mai Nakamura Masami Tanaka Ayari Aoyama Sumika Minamoto	3:57.62 WR	Australia Giaan Rooney Samantha Riley Petria Thomas Lori Munz	4:00.37	Sweden Therese Alshammar Maria Östling Johanna Sjöberg Louise Jöhncke	4:00.84 ER

Medal standings


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	9	11	7	27
2	Japan (JPN)	6	2	1	9
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	5	4	13
4	Sweden (SWE)	4	4	3	11
5	United States (USA)	3	1	0	4
6	Slovakia (SVK)	3	0	0	3
7	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	5	10
8	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	1	4
9	Cuba (CUB)	2	0	0	2
10	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
11	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
12	Russia (RUS)	1	0	3	4
13	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	2	3
14	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
15	Canada (CAN)	0	3	5	8
16	South Africa (RSA)	0	3	0	3
17	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
18	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
19	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
20	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
20	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
Totals (21 nations)		40	40	40	120

References

HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine and IIIb (2008 ed) Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history). Volume III is about the Short Course Worlds; part "a" contains men's statistics, part "b" women's statistics.
FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
Participating nations list Archived 13 September 2012 at Archive.today for the 1999 Short Course Worlds, posted by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-12.

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[1] HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine and IIIb (2008 ed) Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history). Volume III is about the Short Course Worlds; part "a" contains men's statistics, part "b" women's statistics.

[2] FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.

[3] Participating nations list Archived 13 September 2012 at Archive.today for the 1999 Short Course Worlds, posted by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-12.