# 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 54.01 | Rome, Italy | September 5, 1994 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 54.82 | Fukuoka, Japan | August 11, 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 26.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 56.13 | Q |
| 2 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 56.22 | Q |
| 3 | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 56.29 | Q |
| 4 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.32 | Q |
| 5 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 56.38 | Q |
| 6 | Kari Haag-Woodall | United States | 56.49 | Q |
| 7 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 56.58 | Q |
| 8 | Samantha Arsenault | United States | 56.69 | Q |
| 9 | Suzu Chiba | Japan | 56.70 | Q |
| 10 | Sarah Tolar | United States | 56.77 | Q |
| 11 | Lori Munz | Australia | 56.94 | Q |
| 12 | Junko Nakatani | Japan | 57.39 | Q |
| 13 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 57.43 | Q |
| 14 | Jacinta van Lint | Australia | 57.44 | Q |
| 15 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 57.46 | Q |
| 16 | Stacey Bowley | South Africa | 57.64 | Q |
| 17 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 57.65 | |
| 18 | Anna Lydall | Canada | 57.67 | |
| 18 | Barbara Bedford | United States | 57.67 | |
| 20 | Elli Overton | Australia | 57.70 | |
| 21 | Jen Button | Canada | 57.80 | |
| 22 | Richelle DePold-Fox | United States | 57.97 | |
| 23 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 58.01 | |
| 24 | Monique Robins | New Zealand | 58.07 | |
| 25 | Ashley Tappin | United States | 58.09 | |
| 25 | Keiko Price | United States | 58.09 | |
| 27 | Kate Godfrey | Australia | 58.16 | |
| 28 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 58.17 | |
| 29 | Melanie Dodd | Australia | 58.27 | |
| 30 | Roh Joo-hee | South Korea | 58.35 | |
| 30 | Sarah D'Arcy | Australia | 58.35 | |
| 32 | Deanna Schonwald | New Zealand | 58.44 | |
| 33 | Angela Kennedy | Australia | 58.53 | |
| 34 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 58.59 | |
| 35 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 58.64 | |
| 36 | Janet Cook | Canada | 58.69 | |
| 37 | Sarah Evanetz | Canada | 58.71 | |
| 37 | Renate du Plessis | South Africa | 58.71 | |
| 39 | Karine Chevrier | Canada | 58.73 | |
| 40 | Katie Brambley | Canada | 58.92 | |
| 41 | Kirsten van Heerden | South Africa | 59.26 | |
| 42 | Tsai Shu-min | Chinese Taipei | 59.76 | |
| 43 | Chiang Tzu-ying | Chinese Taipei | 1:00.01 | |
| 44 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 1:00.14 | |
| 45 | Sung Yi-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:00.66 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 55.48 | Q |
| 2 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 55.99 | Q |
| 3 | Suzu Chiba | Japan | 56.36 | Q |
| 4 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 56.45 | Q |
| 5 | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 56.48 | Q |
| 6 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 56.50 | Q |
| 7 | Samantha Arsenault | United States | 56.62 | Q |
| 8 | Kari Haag-Woodall | United States | 56.70 | Q |
| 9 | Lori Munz | Australia | 56.84 | |
| 10 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 56.85 | |
| 11 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.95 | |
| 12 | Jacinta van Lint | Australia | 57.03 | |
| 13 | Stacey Bowley | South Africa | 57.11 | |
| 14 | Jen Button | Canada | 57.57 | |
| 15 | Junko Nakatani | Japan | 57.63 | |
| 16 | Anna Lydall | Canada | 57.80 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Jenny Thompson | United States | 54.89 | |
| | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 55.58 | |
| | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 55.90 | |
| 4 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 55.94 | NR |
| 5 | Suzu Chiba | Japan | 56.11 | |
| 6 | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 56.20 | |
| 7 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 56.80 | |
| 8 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 57.69 | |