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. It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course (25 m pool) events.

Participating nations

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

Results

Men's events

| 50 m Freestyle   details

| Mark Foster   Great Britain || 21.81

| José Meolans   Argentina || 21.84

| Mark Veens   Netherlands || 21.88

| 100 m Freestyle   details

| Lars Frölander   Sweden || 47.05

| Michael Klim   Australia || 47.49

| Bartosz Kizierowski   Poland || 47.75

| 200 m Freestyle   details

| Ian Thorpe   Australia || 1:43.28 WR

| Michael Klim   Australia || 1:43.78

| Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands || 1:44.39

| 400 m Freestyle   details

| Grant Hackett   Australia || 3:35.01 WR

| Ian Thorpe   Australia || 3:35.64

| Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy || 3:42.81

| 1500 m Freestyle   details

| Grant Hackett   Australia || 14:32.87

| Graeme Smith   Great Britain || 14:45.41

| Daniel Kowalski   Australia || 14:51.44

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| 50 m Backstroke   details

| Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba || 24.34

| Mariusz Siembida   Poland || 24.41

| Matt Welsh   Australia || 24.70

| 100 m Backstroke   details

| Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba || 52.44

| Matt Welsh   Australia || 52.45

| Mariusz Siembida   Poland || 53.27

| 200 m Backstroke   details

| Josh Watson   Australia || 1:54.67

| Mark Versfeld   Canada || 1:55.42

| Sergey Ostapchuk   Russia || 1:55.61

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| 50 m Breaststroke   details

| Dmytri Kraevskyy   Ukraine || 27.40

| Patrik Isaksson   Sweden || 27.57

| Remo Lütolf   Switzerland || 27.59

| 100 m Breaststroke   details

| Patrik Isaksson   Sweden || 59.69

| Domenico Fioravanti   Italy || 59.88

| Morgan Knabe   Canada || 59.93

| 200 m Breaststroke   details

| Phil Rogers   Australia || 2:08.72

| Ryan Mitchell   Australia || 2:08.73

| Dmitri Komornikov   Russia || 2:09.18

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| 50 m Butterfly   details

| Mark Foster   Great Britain || 23.61

| Zhang Qiang   China || 23.87

| Joris Keizer   Netherlands || 23.96

| 100 m Butterfly   details

| Lars Frölander   Sweden || 51.45

| Michael Klim   Australia || 51.56

| James Hickman   Great Britain || 51.60

| 200 m Butterfly   details

| James Hickman   Great Britain || 1:52.71

| Takashi Yamamoto   Japan || 1:54.68

| Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine || 1:55.41

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| 100 m I.M.   details

| Jani Sievinen   Finland || 54.18

| Matthew Dunn   Australia || 54.77

| Jacob Andersen   Denmark || 55.05

| 200 m I.M.   details

| Matthew Dunn   Australia || 1:55.81

| James Hickman   Great Britain || 1:56.51

| Marcel Wouda   Netherlands || 1:58.63

| 400 m I.M.   details

| Matthew Dunn   Australia || 4:06.05

| Marcel Wouda   Netherlands || 4:09.29

| Frederik Hviid   Spain || 4:10.92

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| 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

| 50 m Freestyle   details

| Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands || 24.35 ER

| Jenny Thompson   USA || 24.57

| Alison Sheppard   Great Britain || 24.97

| 100 m Freestyle   details

| Jenny Thompson   USA || 53.24

| Sandra Völker   Germany || 53.76

| Sue Rolph   Great Britain || 53.78

| 200 m Freestyle   details

| Martina Moravcová   Slovakia || 1:56.11

| Caini Qin   China || 1:57.26

| Josefin Lillhage   Sweden || 1:57.46

| 400 m Freestyle   details

| Nadezhda Chemezova   Russia || 4:05.23

| Caini Qin   China || 4:06.34

| Joanne Malar   Canada || 4:06.83

| 800 m Freestyle   details

| Hua Chen   China || 8:20.13

| Rachel Harris   Australia || 8:23.36

| Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland || 8:26.38

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| 50 m Backstroke   details

| Sandra Völker   Germany || 27.63

| Mai Nakamura   Japan || 27.73

| Kellie McMillan   Australia || 28.29

| 100 m Backstroke   details

| Mai Nakamura   Japan || 58.67

| Kelly Stefanyshyn   Canada || 1:00.43

| Erin Gammel   Canada || 1:00.49

| 200 m Backstroke   details

| Mai Nakamura   Japan || 2:06.49

| Helen Don-Duncan   Great Britain || 2:08.18

| Kelly Stefanyshyn   Canada || 2:09.51

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| 50 m Breaststroke   details

| Masami Tanaka   Japan || 30.80

| Penny Heyns   South Africa || 30.88

| Xue Han   China || 31.24

| 100 m Breaststroke   details

| Masami Tanaka   Japan || 1:06.38

| Penny Heyns   South Africa || 1:06.47

| Samantha Riley   Australia || 1:07.50

| 200 m Breaststroke   details

| Masami Tanaka   Japan || 2:20.22 WR

| Penny Heyns   South Africa || 2:24.27

| Qi Hui   China || 2:25.05

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| 50 m Butterfly   details

| Jenny Thompson   USA || 26.18

| Anna-Karin Kammerling   Sweden || 26.21

| Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands || 26.41

| 100 m Butterfly   details

| Jenny Thompson   USA || 57.65

| Johanna Sjöberg   Sweden || 57.74

| Ayari Aoyama   Japan || 58.29

| 200 m Butterfly   details

| Mette Jacobsen   Denmark || 2:06.52 ER

| Petria Thomas   Australia || 2:06.53

| Sophia Skou   Denmark || 2:08.29

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| 100 m I.M.   details

| Martina Moravcová   Slovakia || 1:00.20 ER

| Lori Munz   Australia || 1:01.40

| Oxana Verevka   Russia || 1:01.55

| 200 m I.M.   details

| Martina Moravcová   Slovakia || 2:08.55 ER

| Yana Klochkova   Ukraine || 2:10.67

| Lori Munz   Australia || 2:11.48

| 400 m I.M.   details

| Yana Klochkova   Ukraine || 4:32.32

| Joanne Malar   Canada || 4:34.90

| Lourdes Becerra   Spain || 4:38.44

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| 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

1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Participating nations

Results

Men's events

Women's events

Medal standings

References