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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 25, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 1999 (final)
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:12.98
Medalists
Simon Cowley   Australia   Tom Wilkens   United States   Terence Parkin   South Africa

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Kurt Grote of US.

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

Records

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

World record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	July 29, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:11.96	Edmonton, Canada	August 25, 1991

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 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:15.43	Q
2	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:15.67	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:15.73	Q
4	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:16.34	Q
5	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:16.88	Q
6	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:16.98	Q
7	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:17.90	Q
8	Michel Boulianne	Canada	2:18.03	Q
9	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:18.78	Q
10	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	2:18.91	Q
11	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	2:19.03	Q
12	Kurt Grote	United States	2:19.08	Q
13	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:19.35	Q
14	Michael Norment	United States	2:19.44	Q
15	Jason Hunter	Canada	2:19.66	Q
16	Gregory Owen	South Africa	2:20.18	Q
17	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	2:20.55
18	Matthew Huang	Canada	2:20.78
19	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:21.68
20	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:23.20
21	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	2:23.65
22	Chris Stewart	South Africa	2:23.75
23	Brett Petersen	South Africa	2:24.74
24	Matthew Kwok	Hong Kong	2:26.55

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:13.31	Q
2	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:13.78	Q
3	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:14.04	Q
4	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:14.67	Q
5	Kurt Grote	United States	2:15.19	Q
6	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:15.26	Q
7	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.34	Q
8	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:16.90	Q
9	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	2:17.48
10	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:18.09
10	Michel Boulianne	Canada	2:18.09
12	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	2:18.27
13	Jason Hunter	Canada	2:19.29
14	Gregory Owen	South Africa	2:19.68
15	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	2:19.79
16	Michael Norment	United States	2:20.33

Final

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:12.98
	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:13.97
	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:14.12
4	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:14.53
5	Kurt Grote	United States	2:15.41
6	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.64
7	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:16.41
8	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:18.41