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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | David Wharton (USA) | 2:00.11 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |

## 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 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 2:02.60 | Q |
| 2 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:02.79 | Q |
| 3 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:02.86 | Q |
| 4 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:03.00 | Q |
| 5 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:03.11 | Q |
| 6 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:03.29 | Q |
| 7 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:03.52 | Q |
| 8 | Xie Xufeng | China | 2:03.54 | Q |
| 9 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 2:04.17 | Q |
| 10 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 2:04.20 | Q |
| 11 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:04.33 | Q |
| 12 | Jo Yoshimi | Japan | 2:04.60 | Q |
| 13 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:04.64 | Q |
| 14 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:04.78 | Q |
| 15 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 2:05.03 | Q |
| 16 | Han Kyu-Chul | South Korea | 2:05.81 | Q |
| 17 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 2:06.26 | |
| 18 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 2:06.85 | |
| 19 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 2:08.55 | |
| 20 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:11.44 | |
| 21 | Tseng Cheng-hua | Chinese Taipei | 2:12.79 | |
| 22 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | Malaysia | 2:13.26 | |
| 23 | Hsu Kuo-tung | Chinese Taipei | 2:18.25 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:02.38 | Q |
| 2 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:02.65 | Q |
| 3 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:02.78 | Q |
| 4 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 2:02.87 | Q |
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 2:03.36 | Q |
| 6 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 2:03.51 | Q |
| 7 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:03.60 | Q |
| 8 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:03.99 | Q |
| 9 | Xie Xufeng | China | 2:04.01 | |
| 10 | Jo Yoshimi | Japan | 2:04.14 | |
| 11 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:04.26 | |
| 12 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:04.27 | |
| 13 | Han Kyu-Chul | South Korea | 2:04.62 | |
| 14 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:05.10 | |
| 15 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 2:05.73 | |
| 16 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 2:07.11 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.01 |
| | Curtis Myden | Canada | 2:01.64 |
| | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 2:01.86 |
| 4 | Grant McGregor | Australia | 2:03.22 |
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 2:03.33 |
| 6 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 2:03.52 |
| 7 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:04.24 |
| 8 | Xie Xufeng | China | 2:04.31 |