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

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | 1:56.57 | Tuscaloosa, United States | November 23, 1991 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 1:57.87 | Fukuoka, Japan | August 12, 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 | Ray Hass | Australia | 2:00.27 | Q |
| 2 | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 2:00.54 | Q |
| 3 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 2:01.15 | Q |
| 4 | Cameron Delaney | Australia | 2:01.36 | Q |
| 5 | Josh Davis | United States | 2:01.61 | Q |
| 6 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 2:01.91 | Q |
| 7 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 2:02.02 | Q |
| 7 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:02.02 | Q |
| 9 | Greg Hamm | Canada | 2:02.19 | Q |
| 10 | Chris Renaud | Canada | 2:02.21 | Q |
| 11 | Josh Watson | Australia | 2:02.23 | Q |
| 12 | Scott Talbot-Cameron | New Zealand | 2:02.48 | Q |
| 13 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 2:02.49 | Q |
| 14 | Alex Lim | Malaysia | 2:03.48 | Q |
| 15 | Fu Yong | China | 2:03.76 | Q |
| 16 | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 2:04.44 | Q |
| 17 | Chuck Sayao | Canada | 2:05.19 | |
| 18 | Torin Hay | New Zealand | 2:05.44 | |
| 19 | Simon Thirsk | South Africa | 2:05.56 | |
| 20 | Atsushi Nishikori | Japan | 2:07.37 | |
| 21 | Greg Main-Baillie | South Africa | 2:08.73 | |
| 22 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 2:11.14 | |
| 23 | Hsu Kuo-tung | Chinese Taipei | 2:16.21 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 1:57.41 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Ray Hass | Australia | 1:59.08 | Q, CWR |
| 3 | Cameron Delaney | Australia | 2:00.43 | Q |
| 4 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 2:00.46 | Q |
| 5 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 2:00.53 | Q |
| 6 | Josh Watson | Australia | 2:00.80 | Q |
| 7 | Chris Renaud | Canada | 2:01.38 | Q |
| 8 | Scott Talbot-Cameron | New Zealand | 2:01.44 | Q |
| 9 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:01.53 | |
| 9 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 2:01.53 | |
| 11 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 2:01.57 | |
| 12 | Greg Hamm | Canada | 2:01.67 | |
| 13 | Fu Yong | China | 2:02.67 | |
| 14 | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 2:02.71 | |
| 15 | Josh Davis | United States | 2:03.46 | |
| 16 | Alex Lim | Malaysia | 2:03.47 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 1:55.87 | WR |
| | Ray Hass | Australia | 1:59.87 | |
| | Cameron Delaney | Australia | 1:59.98 | |
| 4 | Chris Renaud | Canada | 2:00.14 | |
| 5 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 2:00.20 | |
| 6 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 2:00.87 | |
| 7 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:02.02 | |
| 8 | Scott Talbot-Cameron | New Zealand | 2:02.13 | |