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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 25, 1999 (final)
Competitors	21 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:55.41
Medalists
Tom Malchow   United States   Takashi Yamamoto   Japan   Uğur Taner   United States

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Uğur Taner of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

Records

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

World record	Denis Pankratov (RUS)	1:55.22	Canet-en-Roussillon, France	June 14, 1995
Pan Pacific Championships record	Uğur Taner (USA)	1:57.35	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 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 24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tom Malchow	United States	1:56.07	Q, CR
2	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:58.95	Q
3	Bill Kirby	Australia	1:59.05	Q
4	Greg Shaw	Australia	1:59.20	Q
5	Uğur Taner	United States	1:59.25	Q
6	Xie Xufeng	China	1:59.66	Q
7	Shamek Pietucha	Canada	2:00.27	Q
8	Justin Norris	Australia	2:00.35	Q
9	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	2:00.54	Q
10	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	2:01.00	Q
11	Adam Sioui	Canada	2:01.41	Q
12	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:01.47	Q
13	Douglas Browne	Canada	2:02.77	Q
14	Trent Steed	Australia	2:02.82	Q
15	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:02.84	Q
16	Grant McGregor	Australia	2:03.01	Q
17	Craig Stevens	Australia	2:04.15
18	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:04.16
19	Dean Kent	New Zealand	2:05.66
20	Nicholas Sheeran	New Zealand	2:05.79
21	Tseng Cheng-hua	Chinese Taipei	2:07.62

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tom Malchow	United States	1:55.76	Q, CR
2	Uğur Taner	United States	1:57.68	Q
3	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:58.74	Q
4	Bill Kirby	Australia	1:58.83	Q
5	Xie Xufeng	China	1:59.11	Q
6	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	1:59.14	Q
7	Greg Shaw	Australia	1:59.19	Q
8	Shamek Pietucha	Canada	1:59.28	Q
9	Justin Norris	Australia	1:59.44
10	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:00.51
11	Adam Sioui	Canada	2:00.84
12	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:01.63
13	Trent Steed	Australia	2:02.83
14	Douglas Browne	Canada	2:03.70
15	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:04.48
-	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	DNS

Final

The final was held on August 25.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom Malchow	United States	1:55.41	CR
	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:57.33
	Uğur Taner	United States	1:57.82
4	Bill Kirby	Australia	1:58.53
5	Greg Shaw	Australia	1:58.98
6	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	1:59.43
7	Xie Xufeng	China	1:59.53
8	Shamek Pietucha	Canada	2:00.00