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

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 27, 1999 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 1999 (final)
Competitors	28 from 8 nations
Winning time	52.49
Medalists
Michael Klim    Australia   Geoff Huegill    Australia   Takashi Yamamoto    Japan

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Sydney, Australia
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was Neil Walker of US.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Michael Klim (AUS)	52.15	Brisbane, Australia	October 9, 1997
Pan Pacific Championships record	Neil Walker (USA)	52.76	Fukuoka, Japan	August 12, 1997

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 27.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Geoff Huegill	Australia	52.86	Q
2	Scott Miller	Australia	53.34	Q
3	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	53.64	Q
4	Michael Klim	Australia	53.72	Q
5	Theo Verster	South Africa	53.86	Q
6	Dod Wales	United States	54.01	Q
7	Bryan Jones	United States	54.10	Q
8	Brock Newman	United States	54.37	Q
9	Mike Mintenko	Canada	54.41	Q
10	Shamek Pietucha	Canada	54.56	Q
11	Bill Kirby	Australia	54.62	Q
12	Ryan Kelly	South Africa	54.89	Q
13	Justin Norris	Australia	54.93	Q
14	Adam Sioui	Canada	55.08	Q
15	Douglas Browne	Canada	55.58	Q
16	Colin Sood	Canada	55.59	Q
17	Uğur Taner	United States	55.81
18	Ian Crocker	United States	55.83
19	Ryo Takayasu	Japan	55.91
20	Joseph Marus	United States	56.18
21	Han Kyu-Chul	South Korea	56.21
22	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	56.24
23	Nicholas Sheeran	New Zealand	56.28
23	Greg Shaw	Australia	56.28
25	Philip Weiss	Canada	56.75
26	Dean Kent	New Zealand	57.80
27	Tseng Cheng-hua	Chinese Taipei	58.16
28	Merlin Fredericks	South Africa	1:02.00

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Geoff Huegill	Australia	52.45	Q, CR
2	Michael Klim	Australia	52.76	Q
3	Scott Miller	Australia	53.01	Q
4	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	53.14	Q
5	Dod Wales	United States	53.73	Q
6	Brock Newman	United States	53.94	Q
7	Mike Mintenko	Canada	53.97	Q
8	Bryan Jones	United States	54.18	Q
9	Ian Crocker	United States	54.31
10	Theo Verster	South Africa	54.34
11	Bill Kirby	Australia	54.52
12	Ryan Kelly	South Africa	55.03
13	Ryo Takayasu	Japan	55.08
14	Adam Sioui	Canada	55.15
15	Shamek Pietucha	Canada	55.40
16	Douglas Browne	Canada	55.88

Final

The final was held on August 28.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Michael Klim	Australia	52.49
02 !	Geoff Huegill	Australia	52.51
03 !	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	52.93
4	Dod Wales	United States	53.38
5	Brock Newman	United States	53.86
6	Mike Mintenko	Canada	54.01
7	Theo Verster	South Africa	54.28
8	Ryan Kelly	South Africa	54.34

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