1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Winning time3:41.86
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    Canada

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two 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  China (CHN)
Le Jingyi (54.31)
Shan Ying (54.38)
Le Ying (55.09)
Lü Bin (54.13)
3:37.91 Rome, Italy September 7, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Amy Van Dyken (55.76)
Angel Martino (55.58)
Melanie Valerio (55.55)
Jenny Thompson (54.70)
3:41.59 Atlanta, United States August 12, 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 seven teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Liesl Kolbisen (56.26)
Richelle Fox (55.80)
Lindsay Benko (55.53)
Jenny Thompson (54.27)
 United States3:41.86
Sarah Ryan (56.10)
Lori Munz (56.06)
Rebecca Creedy (55.87)
Susie O'Neill (54.66)
 Australia3:42.69
Jessica Deglau (56.74)
Marianne Limpert (55.80)
Anna Lydall (56.24)
Laura Nicholls (55.72)
 Canada3:44.50NR
4Junko Nakatani (57.61)
Ayari Aoyama (56.94)
Maki Mita (56.97)
Suzu Chiba (56.15)
 Japan3:47.67
5Charlene Wittstock (56.95)
Stacey Nowley (57.03)
Kim van Selm (57.39)
Kirsten van Heerden (58.51)
 South Africa3:49.88
6Alison Fitch (59.48)
Monique Robbins (57.44)
Vivienne Rignall (57.32)
Deanna Schonwald (58.28)
 New Zealand3:52.52
7Chiang Tzu-ying (59.31)
Kuan Chia-hsien (59.49)
Sung Yi-chieh (59.25)
Tsai Shu-min (59.80)
 Chinese Taipei3:57.85

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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