1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.[1] It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course (25 m pool) events.[2]

1999 FINA World Swimming Championships
Host cityHong Kong
Opening1 April 1999 (1999-04-01)
Closing4 April 1999 (1999-04-04)

Participating nations

edit

59 of 61 nations with swimmers at the 1999 Short Course Worlds were:[3]

Results

edit

Men's events

edit
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Freestyle
  details
Mark Foster
    Great Britain
21.81 José Meolans
    Argentina
21.84 Mark Veens
    Netherlands
21.88
100m Freestyle
  details
Lars Frölander
    Sweden
47.05 Michael Klim
    Australia
47.49 Bartosz Kizierowski
    Poland
47.75
200m Freestyle
  details
Ian Thorpe
    Australia
1:43.28
WR
Michael Klim
    Australia
1:43.78 Pieter van den Hoogenband
    Netherlands
1:44.39
400m Freestyle
  details
Grant Hackett
    Australia
3:35.01
WR
Ian Thorpe
    Australia
3:35.64 Massimiliano Rosolino
    Italy
3:42.81
1500m Freestyle
  details
Grant Hackett
    Australia
14:32.87 Graeme Smith
    Great Britain
14:45.41 Daniel Kowalski
    Australia
14:51.44
50m Backstroke
  details
Rodolfo Falcón
    Cuba
24.34 Mariusz Siembida
    Poland
24.41 Matt Welsh
    Australia
24.70
100m Backstroke
  details
Rodolfo Falcón
    Cuba
52.44 Matt Welsh
    Australia
52.45 Mariusz Siembida
    Poland
53.27
200m Backstroke
  details
Josh Watson
    Australia
1:54.67 Mark Versfeld
    Canada
1:55.42 Sergey Ostapchuk
    Russia
1:55.61
50m Breaststroke
  details
Dmytri Kraevskyy
    Ukraine
27.40 Patrik Isaksson
    Sweden
27.57 Remo Lütolf
    Switzerland
27.59
100m Breaststroke
  details
Patrik Isaksson
    Sweden
59.69 Domenico Fioravanti
    Italy
59.88 Morgan Knabe
    Canada
59.93
200m Breaststroke
  details
Phil Rogers
    Australia
2:08.72 Ryan Mitchell
    Australia
2:08.73 Dmitri Komornikov
    Russia
2:09.18
50m Butterfly
  details
Mark Foster
    Great Britain
23.61 Zhang Qiang
    China
23.87 Joris Keizer
    Netherlands
23.96
100m Butterfly
  details
Lars Frölander
    Sweden
51.45 Michael Klim
    Australia
51.56 James Hickman
    Great Britain
51.60
200m Butterfly
  details
James Hickman
    Great Britain
1:52.71 Takashi Yamamoto
    Japan
1:54.68 Denys Sylantyev
    Ukraine
1:55.41
100m I.M.
  details
Jani Sievinen
    Finland
54.18 Matthew Dunn
    Australia
54.77 Jacob Andersen
    Denmark
55.05
200m I.M.
  details
Matthew Dunn
    Australia
1:55.81 James Hickman
    Great Britain
1:56.51 Marcel Wouda
    Netherlands
1:58.63
400 I.M.
  details
Matthew Dunn
    Australia
4:06.05 Marcel Wouda
    Netherlands
4:09.29 Frederik Hviid
    Spain
4:10.92
4 × 100 m
  Free Relay
  details
  Australia
  Chris Fydler
  Todd Pearson
  Ian Thorpe
  Michael Klim
3:11.21   Netherlands
  Mark Veens
  Johan Kenkhuis
  Marcel Wouda
  Pieter van den Hoogenband
3:11.57
ER
  Sweden
  Dan Lindström
  Lars Frölander
  Mattias Ohlin
  Daniel Carlsson
3:12.69
4 × 200 m
  Free Relay
  details
  Netherlands
  Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Johan Kenkhuis
  Martijn Zuijdweg
  Marcel Wouda
7:04.48
ER
  Great Britain
  Gavin Meadows
  Sion Brinn
  Paul Palmer
  Edward Sinclair
7:07.20   Canada
  Mark Johnston
  Brian Johns
  Rick Say
  Yannick Lupien
7:08.02
4 × 100 m
  Medley Relay
  details
  Australia
  Matt Welsh
  Phil Rogers
  Michael Klim
  Chris Fydler
3:29.88
WR
  Sweden
  Mattias Ohlin
  Patrik Isaksson
  Daniel Carlsson
  Lars Frölander
3:30.32
ER
  Great Britain
  Neil Willey
  Darren Mew
  James Hickman
  Sion Brinn
3:32.25

Women's events

edit
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Freestyle
  details
Inge de Bruijn
    Netherlands
24.35
ER
Jenny Thompson
    USA
24.57 Alison Sheppard
    Great Britain
24.97
100m Freestyle
  details
Jenny Thompson
    USA
53.24 Sandra Völker
    Germany
53.76 Sue Rolph
    Great Britain
53.78
200m Freestyle
  details
Martina Moravcová
    Slovakia
1:56.11 Caini Qin
    China
1:57.26 Josefin Lillhage
    Sweden
1:57.46
400m Freestyle
  details
Nadezhda Chemezova
    Russia
4:05.23 Caini Qin
    China
4:06.34 Joanne Malar
    Canada
4:06.83
800m Freestyle
  details
Hua Chen
    China
8:20.13 Rachel Harris
    Australia
8:23.36 Flavia Rigamonti
    Switzerland
8:26.38
50m Backstroke
  details
Sandra Völker
    Germany
27.63 Mai Nakamura
    Japan
27.73 Kellie McMillan
    Australia
28.29
100m Backstroke
  details
Mai Nakamura
    Japan
58.67 Kelly Stefanyshyn
    Canada
1:00.43 Erin Gammel
    Canada
1:00.49
200m Backstroke
  details
Mai Nakamura
    Japan
2:06.49 Helen Don-Duncan
    Great Britain
2:08.18 Kelly Stefanyshyn
    Canada
2:09.51
50m Breaststroke
  details
Masami Tanaka
    Japan
30.80 Penny Heyns
    South Africa
30.88 Xue Han
    China
31.24
100m Breaststroke
  details
Masami Tanaka
    Japan
1:06.38 Penny Heyns
    South Africa
1:06.47 Samantha Riley
    Australia
1:07.50
200m Breaststroke
  details
Masami Tanaka
    Japan
2:20.22
WR
Penny Heyns
    South Africa
2:24.27 Qi Hui
    China
2:25.05
50m Butterfly
  details
Jenny Thompson
    USA
26.18 Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Sweden
26.21 Inge de Bruijn
    Netherlands
26.41
100m Butterfly
  details
Jenny Thompson
    USA
57.65 Johanna Sjöberg
    Sweden
57.74 Ayari Aoyama
    Japan
58.29
200m Butterfly
  details
Mette Jacobsen
    Denmark
2:06.52
ER
Petria Thomas
    Australia
2:06.53 Sophia Skou
    Denmark
2:08.29
100m I.M.
  details
Martina Moravcová
    Slovakia
1:00.20
ER
Lori Munz
    Australia
1:01.40 Oxana Verevka
    Russia
1:01.55
200m I.M.
  details
Martina Moravcová
    Slovakia
2:08.55
ER
Yana Klochkova
    Ukraine
2:10.67 Lori Munz
    Australia
2:11.48
400m I.M.
  details
Yana Klochkova
    Ukraine
4:32.32 Joanne Malar
    Canada
4:34.90 Lourdes Becerra
    Spain
4:38.44
4 × 100 m
  Free Relay
  details
  Great Britain
  Alison Sheppard
  Claire Huddart
  Karen Pickering
  Sue Rolph
3:36.88   Netherlands
  Thamar Henneken
  Wilma van Hofwegen
  Chantal Groot
  Inge de Bruijn
3:39.40   Australia
  Lori Munz
  Rebecca Creedy
  Melanie Dodd
  Sarah Ryan
3:39.82
4 × 200 m
  Free Relay
  details
  Sweden
  Josefin Lillhage
  Louise Jöhncke
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Malin Svahnström
7:51.70
WR
  Great Britain
  Claire Huddart
  Karen Legg
  Nicola Jackson
  Karen Pickering
7:53.98   Australia
  Lori Munz
  Jacinta van Lint
  Rebecca Creedy
  Giaan Rooney
7:55.81
4 × 100 m
  Medley Relay
  details
  Japan
  Mai Nakamura
  Masami Tanaka
  Ayari Aoyama
  Sumika Minamoto
3:57.62
WR
  Australia
  Giaan Rooney
  Samantha Riley
  Petria Thomas
  Lori Munz
4:00.37   Sweden
  Therese Alshammar
  Maria Östling
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Louise Jöhncke
4:00.84
ER

Medal standings

edit
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia (AUS)911727
2  Japan (JPN)6219
3  Great Britain (GBR)45413
4  Sweden (SWE)44311
5  United States (USA)3104
6  Slovakia (SVK)3003
7  Netherlands (NED)23510
8  Ukraine (UKR)2114
9  Cuba (CUB)2002
10  China (CHN)1326
11  Germany (GER)1102
12  Russia (RUS)1034
13  Denmark (DEN)1023
14  Finland (FIN)1001
15  Canada (CAN)0358
16  South Africa (RSA)0303
17  Poland (POL)0123
18  Italy (ITA)0112
19  Argentina (ARG)0101
20  Spain (ESP)0022
  Switzerland (SUI)0022
Totals (21 entries)404040120

References

edit
  1. ^ HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine and IIIb (2008 ed) Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history). Volume III is about the Short Course Worlds; part "a" contains men's statistics, part "b" women's statistics.
  2. ^ FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993–2008 – A story of success Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
  3. ^ Participating nations list Archived 13 September 2012 at archive.today for the 1999 Short Course Worlds, posted by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-12.