1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 2:00.11 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |
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 26.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Dunn | 2:02.60 | Q | |
| 2 | Grant McGregor | 2:02.79 | Q | |
| 3 | Curtis Myden | 2:02.86 | Q | |
| 4 | Robert van der Zant | 2:03.00 | Q | |
| 5 | Theo Verster | 2:03.11 | Q | |
| 6 | Justin Norris | 2:03.29 | Q | |
| 7 | Tom Wilkens | 2:03.52 | Q | |
| 8 | Xie Xufeng | 2:03.54 | Q | |
| 9 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:04.17 | Q | |
| 10 | Owen Von Richter | 2:04.20 | Q | |
| 11 | Dean Kent | 2:04.33 | Q | |
| 12 | Jo Yoshimi | 2:04.60 | Q | |
| 13 | Takahiro Mori | 2:04.64 | Q | |
| 14 | Trent Steed | 2:04.78 | Q | |
| 15 | Terence Parkin | 2:05.03 | Q | |
| 16 | Han Kyu-Chul | 2:05.81 | Q | |
| 17 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 2:06.26 | ||
| 18 | Steven Ferguson | 2:06.85 | ||
| 19 | Philip Weiss | 2:08.55 | ||
| 20 | Brian Johns | 2:11.44 | ||
| 21 | Tseng Cheng-hua | 2:12.79 | ||
| 22 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | 2:13.26 | ||
| 23 | Hsu Kuo-tung | 2:18.25 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 26.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Myden | 2:02.38 | Q | |
| 2 | Grant McGregor | 2:02.65 | Q | |
| 3 | Tom Wilkens | 2:02.78 | Q | |
| 4 | Matthew Dunn | 2:02.87 | Q | |
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:03.36 | Q | |
| 6 | Terence Parkin | 2:03.51 | Q | |
| 7 | Theo Verster | 2:03.60 | Q | |
| 8 | Justin Norris | 2:03.99 | Q | |
| 9 | Xie Xufeng | 2:04.01 | ||
| 10 | Jo Yoshimi | 2:04.14 | ||
| 11 | Dean Kent | 2:04.26 | ||
| 12 | Takahiro Mori | 2:04.27 | ||
| 13 | Han Kyu-Chul | 2:04.62 | ||
| 14 | Robert van der Zant | 2:05.10 | ||
| 15 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 2:05.73 | ||
| 16 | Owen Von Richter | 2:07.11 |
Final
The final was held on August 27.| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Tom Wilkens | 2:01.01 | |||
| Curtis Myden | 2:01.64 | |||
| Matthew Dunn | 2:01.86 | |||
| 4 | Grant McGregor | 2:03.22 | ||
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:03.33 | ||
| 6 | Terence Parkin | 2:03.52 | ||
| 7 | Theo Verster | 2:04.24 | ||
| 8 | Xie Xufeng | 2:04.31 |