1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 22, 1999 (heats & finals)
Competitors	24 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:08.39
Medalists
Brooke Bennett    United States   Lindsay Benko    United States   Claudia Poll    Costa Rica

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 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.^[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:04.53	Tokyo, Japan	August 1989

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 22.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Bennett	United States	4:09.15	Q
2	Lindsay Benko	United States	4:10.48	Q
3	Ellen Stonebraker	United States	4:10.83	Q
4	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	4:12.75	Q
5	Cristina Teuscher	United States	4:13.67	Q
6	Rachel Harris	Australia	4:14.84	Q
7	Melissa Deary	United States	4:15.10	Q
8	Charlene Benzie	Australia	4:15.65	Q
9	Sachiko Yamada	Japan	4:16.95
10	Danielle Woods	Australia	4:17.46
11	Sarah D'Arcy	Australia	4:17.80
12	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	4:18.06
13	Molly Freedman	United States	4:18.08
14	Kim van Selm	South Africa	4:21.39
15	Danielle Bell	Canada	4:21.51
16	Sarah Tolar	United States	4:22.39
17	Tsai Shu-min	Chinese Taipei	4:22.50
18	Lindsay Beavers	Canada	4:24.47
19	Junko Nakatani	Japan	4:24.81
20	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	4:25.29
21	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	4:26.26
22	Deanna Schonwald	New Zealand	4:26.96
23	Katie Brambley	Canada	4:27.02
24	Roh Joo-Hee	South Korea	4:27.25

Final

The final was held on August 22.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brooke Bennett	United States	4:08.39
	Lindsay Benko	United States	4:08.75
	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	4:11.54
4	Rachel Harris	Australia	4:14.80
5	Sachiko Yamada	Japan	4:15.54
6	Charlene Benzie	Australia	4:15.76
7	Danielle Bell	Canada	4:21.36
8	Kim van Selm	South Africa	4:21.66

References

1. "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.