1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley


The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Kristine Quance of US.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record4:34.79Shanghai, ChinaOctober 13, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record4:39.25Kobe, JapanAugust 13, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Madeleine Crippen4:43.13Q
2Joanne Malar4:44.76Q
3Yasuko Tajima4:45.07Q
4Cristina Teuscher4:45.77Q
5Jennifer Reilly4:46.63Q
6Elli Overton4:48.06Q
7Helen Norfolk4:48.55Q
8Emma Johnson4:49.23Q
9Rachel Harris4:50.44
10Elizabeth Van Welie4:50.58
11Miyuki Ishikawa4:50.64
12Elizabeth Warden4:52.94
13Catherine Street4:53.22
14Charlene Benzie4:54.31
15Amanda Loots4:55.37
16Jacinta van Lint4:55.82
17Natalie du Toit4:58.40
18Kristen Bradley5:00.19
19Kuan Chia-hsien5:06.82
20Carissa Thompson5:08.20
21Sia Wai Yen5:08.61

Final

The final was held on August 22.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Joanne Malar4:40.23
Yasuko Tajima4:40.56
Cristina Teuscher4:41.21
4Madeleine Crippen4:41.30
5Jennifer Reilly4:46.06
6Elli Overton4:46.44
7Helen Norfolk4:47.46
8Elizabeth Van Welie4:52.61