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

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Michael Klim of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 1:46.67 | Brisbane, Australia | March 23, 1999 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Michael Klim (AUS) | 1:47.60 | 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 23.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:47.80 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Klim | Australia | 1:48.69 | Q |
| 3 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:49.05 | Q |
| 4 | Chad Carvin | United States | 1:49.47 | Q |
| 5 | Bill Kirby | Australia | 1:49.95 | Q |
| 6 | Josh Davis | United States | 1:49.96 | Q |
| 7 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 8 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:50.11 | Q |
| 9 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:50.20 | Q |
| 10 | Todd Pearson | Australia | 1:50.30 | Q |
| 11 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 1:50.74 | Q |
| 12 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 13 | Shusuke Ito | Japan | 1:51.26 | Q |
| 14 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 1:51.28 | Q |
| 15 | Jay Schryver | United States | 1:51.69 | Q |
| 16 | Jon Younghouse | United States | 1:51.78 | Q |
| 17 | Mike Mintenko | Canada | 1:52.15 | |
| 18 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:52.27 | |
| 19 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 1:52.35 | |
| 20 | Brad Schumacher | United States | 1:52.55 | |
| 21 | Takeshi Sasaki | Japan | 1:52.88 | |
| 22 | Craig Stevens | Australia | 1:52.90 | |
| 23 | Ian Crocker | United States | 1:53.04 | |
| 24 | Graham Duthie | Canada | 1:53.14 | |
| 25 | Nicholas Sheeran | New Zealand | 1:53.39 | |
| 26 | Craig Hutchison | Canada | 1:53.47 | |
| 27 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 1:53.53 | |
| 28 | Jake Steele | Canada | 1:53.97 | |
| 29 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 1:55.08 | |
| 30 | Jo Yoshimi | Japan | 1:55.68 | |
| 31 | Brad Herring | New Zealand | 1:55.70 | |
| 32 | Scott Rice | New Zealand | 1:55.75 | |
| 33 | John Davis | New Zealand | 1:55.92 | |
| 34 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 1:56.41 | |
| 35 | Mark Thompson | New Zealand | 1:57.95 | |
| 36 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 1:57.96 | |
| 37 | Lin Hung-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 1:58.75 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 23.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:46.34 | Q, WR |
| 2 | Michael Klim | Australia | 1:46.82 | Q |
| 3 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:48.20 | Q |
| 4 | Chad Carvin | United States | 1:48.74 | Q |
| 5 | Josh Davis | United States | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 6 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:48.94 | Q |
| 7 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 1:49.72 | Q |
| 8 | Bill Kirby | Australia | 1:49.73 | Q |
| 9 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:50.55 | |
| 10 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 1:51.10 | |
| 11 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:51.40 | |
| 12 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:51.41 | |
| 13 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 1:51.55 | |
| 14 | Shusuke Ito | Japan | 1:51.58 | |
| 15 | Jay Schryver | United States | 1:52.17 | |
| 16 | Mike Mintenko | Canada | 1:53.10 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 24.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:46.00 | WR |
| | Michael Klim | Australia | 1:47.40 | |
| | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 1:48.17 | |
| 4 | Chad Carvin | United States | 1:48.60 | |
| 5 | Josh Davis | United States | 1:48.98 | |
| 6 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:50.58 | |
| 7 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 1:50.77 | |
| 8 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:51.09 | |