1999 in Sports - Swimming

Swimming

  • Fourth World Short Course Championships, held in Hong Kong, China (April 1 – 4)
    • Australia wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (9)
  • 24th European LC Championships, held in Istanbul, Turkey (July 26 – August 1)
    • Germany wins the most medals (23), and the most gold medals (11)
  • XIII Pan American Games, held in Winnipeg, Canada (August 2 – 7)
  • Eighth Pan Pacific Championships, held in Sydney, Australia (August 22 – 29)
  • Third European SC Championships, held in Lisboa, Portugal (December 9 – 12)
    • Germany wins the most medals (26), Sweden the most gold medals (9)
  • February 17 – Australia's Susie O'Neill snapped the oldest world record in the books, clocking 2:05.37 in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a World Cup meet in Malmö, Sweden. The old mark, set by Mary T. Meagher on January 2, 1981, stood at 2:05.65.
  • September 2 – Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a meet in Canberra, Australia, clocking 2:04.43

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