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

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 |
| | 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 |