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

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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
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Canada
← 1997
2002 →

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]

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

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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

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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

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

Final

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The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liesl Kolbisen (56.26)
Richelle Fox (55.80)
Lindsay Benko (55.53)
Jenny Thompson (54.27)
 United States 3:41.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sarah Ryan (56.10)
Lori Munz (56.06)
Rebecca Creedy (55.87)
Susie O'Neill (54.66)
 Australia 3:42.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Deglau (56.74)
Marianne Limpert (55.80)
Anna Lydall (56.24)
Laura Nicholls (55.72)
 Canada 3:44.50 NR
4 Junko Nakatani (57.61)
Ayari Aoyama (56.94)
Maki Mita (56.97)
Suzu Chiba (56.15)
 Japan 3:47.67
5 Charlene Wittstock (56.95)
Stacey Nowley (57.03)
Kim van Selm (57.39)
Kirsten van Heerden (58.51)
 South Africa 3:49.88
6 Alison Fitch (59.48)
Monique Robbins (57.44)
Vivienne Rignall (57.32)
Deanna Schonwald (58.28)
 New Zealand 3:52.52
7 Chiang Tzu-ying (59.31)
Kuan Chia-hsien (59.49)
Sung Yi-chieh (59.25)
Tsai Shu-min (59.80)
 Chinese Taipei 3:57.85

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.