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 city	Hong Kong
Opening	1 April 1999 (1999-04-01)
Closing	4 April 1999 (1999-04-04)
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Main article: FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Participating nations

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

• Argentina
• Australia
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Estonia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Macedonia
• Malaysia
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Russia
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
•  Switzerland
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Ukraine
• USA
• Uzbekistan
• FR Yugoslavia

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
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
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
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
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
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
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
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
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
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
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	9	11	7	27
2	Japan (JPN)	6	2	1	9
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	5	4	13
4	Sweden (SWE)	4	4	3	11
5	United States (USA)	3	1	0	4
6	Slovakia (SVK)	3	0	0	3
7	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	5	10
8	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	1	4
9	Cuba (CUB)	2	0	0	2
10	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
11	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
12	Russia (RUS)	1	0	3	4
13	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	2	3
14	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
15	Canada (CAN)	0	3	5	8
16	South Africa (RSA)	0	3	0	3
17	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
18	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
19	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
20	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
Totals (21 entries)		40	40	40	120