The4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an internationalswimming meet organized byFINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at theHong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.^[1] It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40short course (25 m pool) events.^[2]

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

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

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

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

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