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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 1999 (heats &
finals)
Winning time3:41.86
Medalists
gold medal Liesl Kolbisen, Richelle Fox, Lindsay Benko and Jenny Thompson   United States
silver medal Sarah Ryan, Lori Munz, Rebecca Creedy and Susie O'Neill   Australia
bronze medal Jessica Deglau, Marianne Limpert, Anna Lydall and Laura Nicholls   Canada
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1999 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.

Records

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

World record  China (CHN)
Le Jingyi (54.31)
Shan Ying (54.38)
Le Ying (55.09)
Lü Bin (54.13) 		3:37.91 Rome, Italy September 7, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Amy Van Dyken (55.76)
Angel Martino (55.58)
Melanie Valerio (55.55)
Jenny Thompson (54.70) 		3:41.59 Atlanta, United States August 12, 1995

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

Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 22.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liesl Kolbisen (56.26)
Richelle Fox (55.80)
Lindsay Benko (55.53)
Jenny Thompson (54.27)		  United States 3:41.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sarah Ryan (56.10)
Lori Munz (56.06)
Rebecca Creedy (55.87)
Susie O'Neill (54.66)		  Australia 3:42.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Deglau (56.74)
Marianne Limpert (55.80)
Anna Lydall (56.24)
Laura Nicholls (55.72)		  Canada 3:44.50 NR
4 Junko Nakatani (57.61)
Ayari Aoyama (56.94)
Maki Mita (56.97)
Suzu Chiba (56.15)		  Japan 3:47.67
5 Charlene Wittstock (56.95)
Stacey Nowley (57.03)
Kim van Selm (57.39)
Kirsten van Heerden (58.51)		  South Africa 3:49.88
6 Alison Fitch (59.48)
Monique Robbins (57.44)
Vivienne Rignall (57.32)
Deanna Schonwald (58.28)		  New Zealand 3:52.52
7 Chiang Tzu-ying (59.31)
Kuan Chia-hsien (59.49)
Sung Yi-chieh (59.25)
Tsai Shu-min (59.80)		  Chinese Taipei 3:57.85

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1999. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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