1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
# 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Claudia Poll of Costa Rica.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 4:03.85 | Seoul, South Korea | September 22, 1988 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Janet Evans (USA) | 4:04.53 | Tokyo, Japan | August 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 |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 22.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brooke Bennett | United States | 4:09.15 | Q |
| 2 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 4:10.48 | Q |
| 3 | Ellen Stonebraker | United States | 4:10.83 | Q |
| 4 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 4:12.75 | Q |
| 5 | Cristina Teuscher | United States | 4:13.67 | Q |
| 6 | Rachel Harris | Australia | 4:14.84 | Q |
| 7 | Melissa Deary | United States | 4:15.10 | Q |
| 8 | Charlene Benzie | Australia | 4:15.65 | Q |
| 9 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 4:16.95 | |
| 10 | Danielle Woods | Australia | 4:17.46 | |
| 11 | Sarah D'Arcy | Australia | 4:17.80 | |
| 12 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 4:18.06 | |
| 13 | Molly Freedman | United States | 4:18.08 | |
| 14 | Kim van Selm | South Africa | 4:21.39 | |
| 15 | Danielle Bell | Canada | 4:21.51 | |
| 16 | Sarah Tolar | United States | 4:22.39 | |
| 17 | Tsai Shu-min | Chinese Taipei | 4:22.50 | |
| 18 | Lindsay Beavers | Canada | 4:24.47 | |
| 19 | Junko Nakatani | Japan | 4:24.81 | |
| 20 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 4:25.29 | |
| 21 | Natalie du Toit | South Africa | 4:26.26 | |
| 22 | Deanna Schonwald | New Zealand | 4:26.96 | |
| 23 | Katie Brambley | Canada | 4:27.02 | |
| 24 | Roh Joo-hee | South Korea | 4:27.25 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 22.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Brooke Bennett | United States | 4:08.39 |
| | Lindsay Benko | United States | 4:08.75 |
| | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 4:11.54 |
| 4 | Rachel Harris | Australia | 4:14.80 |
| 5 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 4:15.54 |
| 6 | Charlene Benzie | Australia | 4:15.76 |
| 7 | Danielle Bell | Canada | 4:21.36 |
| 8 | Kim van Selm | South Africa | 4:21.66 |
