1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 24, 1999 (final)
Competitors	18 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:07.08
Medalists
Penelope Heyns    South Africa   Megan Quann    United States   Kristy Kowal    United States

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 women's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Samantha Riley of AUS.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.95	Los Angeles, United States	July 18, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:07.81	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 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 23.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:06.52	Q, WR
2	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.02	Q
3	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.13	Q
4	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:09.55	Q
5	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.76	Q
6	Tarnee White	Australia	1:10.34	Q
7	Caroline Hildreth	Australia	1:10.95	Q
8	Li Wei	China	1:11.07	Q
9	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:11.08	Q
10	Catherine Street	United States	1:11.25	Q
11	Ashley Roby	United States	1:11.43	Q
12	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:11.65	Q
13	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:12.03	Q
14	Ayumi Shirata	Japan	1:12.08	Q
15	Nadine Neumann	Australia	1:12.33	Q
16	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	1:12.38	Q
17	Kye Yoon-Hee	South Korea	1:13.87
18	Megan McMahon	Australia	1:15.28

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:06.99	Q
2	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.62	Q
3	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.16	Q
4	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:09.61	Q
5	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.72	Q
6	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.91	Q
7	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:10.08	Q
8	Caroline Hildreth	Australia	1:10.36	Q
9	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:10.61
10	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:10.88
11	Ayumi Shirata	Japan	1:11.17
12	Ashley Roby	United States	1:11.27
13	Catherine Street	United States	1:11.50
14	Li Wei	China	1:11.59
15	Jolie Workman	New Zealand	1:11.88
16	Nadine Neumann	Australia	1:11.89

Final

The final was held on August 24.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	1:07.08
	Megan Quann	United States	1:08.54
	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.56
4	Samantha Riley	Australia	1:09.21
5	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.30
6	Masami Tanaka	Japan	1:09.31
7	Tarnee White	Australia	1:10.12
8	Lauren van Oosten	Canada	1:10.91

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.