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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Uğur Taner of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 1:55.22 | Canet-en-Roussillon, France | June 14, 1995 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Uğur Taner (USA) | 1:57.35 | 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 24.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:56.07 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:58.95 | Q |
| 3 | Bill Kirby | Australia | 1:59.05 | Q |
| 4 | Greg Shaw | Australia | 1:59.20 | Q |
| 5 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:59.25 | Q |
| 6 | Xie Xufeng | China | 1:59.66 | Q |
| 7 | Shamek Pietucha | Canada | 2:00.27 | Q |
| 8 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:00.35 | Q |
| 9 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 2:00.54 | Q |
| 10 | Han Kyu-Chul | South Korea | 2:01.00 | Q |
| 11 | Adam Sioui | Canada | 2:01.41 | Q |
| 12 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 2:01.47 | Q |
| 13 | Douglas Browne | Canada | 2:02.77 | Q |
| 14 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:02.82 | Q |
| 15 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:02.84 | Q |
| 16 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:03.01 | Q |
| 17 | Craig Stevens | Australia | 2:04.15 | |
| 18 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 2:04.16 | |
| 19 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:05.66 | |
| 20 | Nicholas Sheeran | New Zealand | 2:05.79 | |
| 21 | Tseng Cheng-hua | Chinese Taipei | 2:07.62 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:55.76 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:57.68 | Q |
| 3 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:58.74 | Q |
| 4 | Bill Kirby | Australia | 1:58.83 | Q |
| 5 | Xie Xufeng | China | 1:59.11 | Q |
| 6 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 1:59.14 | Q |
| 7 | Greg Shaw | Australia | 1:59.19 | Q |
| 8 | Shamek Pietucha | Canada | 1:59.28 | Q |
| 9 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:59.44 | |
| 10 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 2:00.51 | |
| 11 | Adam Sioui | Canada | 2:00.84 | |
| 12 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:01.63 | |
| 13 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:02.83 | |
| 14 | Douglas Browne | Canada | 2:03.70 | |
| 15 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 2:04.48 | |
| - | Han Kyu-Chul | South Korea | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held on August 25.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:55.41 | CR |
| | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:57.33 | |
| | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:57.82 | |
| 4 | Bill Kirby | Australia | 1:58.53 | |
| 5 | Greg Shaw | Australia | 1:58.98 | |
| 6 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 1:59.43 | |
| 7 | Xie Xufeng | China | 1:59.53 | |
| 8 | Shamek Pietucha | Canada | 2:00.00 | |