The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record14:41.66Victoria, CanadaAugust 24, 1994Pan Pacific Championships record14:55.92Kobe, JapanAugust 15, 1993
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on August 28.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Thompson 15:11.52 Q 2 Grant Hackett 15:12.64 Q 3 Ryk Neethling 15:22.85 Q 4 Craig Stevens 15:23.34 Q 5 Masato Hirano 15:24.39 Q 6 Kieren Perkins 15:28.43 7 Jon Younghouse 15:33.19 Q 8 Erik Vendt 15:42.93 9 Tim Peterson 15:44.59 Q 10 Andrew Hurd 15:57.27 Q 11 Mark Johnston 16:01.75 12 Trent Steed 16:03.03 13 Chuck Sayao 16:25.47 14 Hsu Kuo-tung 16:54.83
Final The final was held on August 29. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Grant Hackett 14:45.60 CR Ryk Neethling 15:02.40 Chris Thompson 15:04.68 4 Craig Stevens 15:15.68 5 Masato Hirano 15:15.79 6 Jon Younghouse 15:30.61 7 Andrew Hurd 15:41.12 8 Tim Peterson 15:42.08
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