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

Men's 200 metre backstroke1999 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
Lenny Krayzelburg   United States   Ray Hass   Australia   Cameron Delaney   Australia

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Sydney, Australia
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

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. The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

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

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

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	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

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

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

Final

The final was held on August 27.

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