1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 22, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 23, 1999 (final)
Competitors	27 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:02.06
Medalists
Simon Cowley   Australia   Regan Harrison   Australia   Morgan Knabe   Canada

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22–23 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Kurt Grote of US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Fred Deburghgraeve (BEL)	1:00.60	Atlanta, United States	July 20, 1996
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:01.22	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 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 22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:01.87	Q
2	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.56	Q
3	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.59	Q
4	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	1:02.91	Q
5	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:02.99	Q
6	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:03.01	Q
7	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:03.12	Q
8	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	1:03.44	Q
9	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	1:03.50	Q
10	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	1:03.53	Q
11	Kurt Grote	United States	1:03.54	Q
12	Gregory Owen	South Africa	1:03.86	Q
13	Chris Stewart	South Africa	1:03.93	Q
14	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:04.05	Q
15	Terence Parkin	South Africa	1:04.16	Q
16	Michel Boulianne	Canada	1:04.17	Q
17	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	1:04.40
18	Jason Hunter	Canada	1:04.43
19	Justin Norris	Australia	1:04.56
20	Zeng Qiliang	China	1:04.84
21	Matthew Huang	Canada	1:05.12
22	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	1:05.20
23	Trent Steed	Australia	1:06.02
24	Matthew Kwok	Hong Kong	1:06.33
25	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	1:06.39
26	Dean Kent	New Zealand	1:07.32
27	Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	1:11.74

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:01.60	Q
2	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:02.38	Q
3	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.72	Q
4	Kurt Grote	United States	1:02.82	Q
5	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.93	Q
6	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:02.94	Q
7	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:03.18	Q
8	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	1:03.31
9	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:03.36
10	Terence Parkin	South Africa	1:03.52
11	Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	1:03.58
12	Nathan Hewitt	Australia	1:03.92
13	Chris Stewart	South Africa	1:04.39
14	Michel Boulianne	Canada	1:04.69
15	Gregory Owen	South Africa	1:04.91
16	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	1:05.15

Final

The final was held on August 23.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:02.06
	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.26
	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.37
4	Brett Petersen	South Africa	1:02.65
5	Michael Norment	United States	1:02.70
6	Kurt Grote	United States	1:02.79
7	Ryosuke Imai	Japan	1:02.95
8	Akira Hayashi	Japan	1:03.11