1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay


The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was the United States.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record
Ian Thorpe
Daniel Kowalski
Matthew Dunn
Michael Klim
7:11.86Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSeptember 13, 1998
Pan Pacific Championships record
Chad Carvin
Tom Malchow
Uğur Taner
Josh Davis
7:13.99Fukuoka, JapanAugust 11, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only six teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 25.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ian Thorpe
Bill Kirby
Grant Hackett
Michael Klim
7:08.79WR
Chad Carvin
Josh Davis
Tom Malchow
Uğur Taner
7:16.66
Mark Johnston
Rick Say
Yannick Lupien
Brian Johns
7:23.26
4Yosuke Ichikawa
Shunsuke Ito
Takeshi Sasaki
Shusuke Ito
7:24.31
5Nicholas Sheeran
Scott Rice
Brad Herring
John Davis
7:43.58
6-
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8:17.08