The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23–24 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Mai Nakamura of Japan.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:00.16Rome, ItalySeptember 10, 1994Pan Pacific Championships record1:01.00Edmonton, CanadaAugust 22, 1991

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on August 23.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Noriko Inada 1:02.14 Q 2 Mai Nakamura 1:02.49 Q 3 Barbara Bedford 1:02.57 Q 4 Erin Gammel 1:02.85 Q 5 Dyana Calub 1:03.18 Q 6 Elli Overton 1:03.19 Q 7 Miki Nakao 1:03.24 Q 8 Kelly Stefanyshyn 1:03.60 Q 9 Charlene Wittstock 1:03.72 Q 10 Giaan Rooney 1:03.73 Q 11 Danielle Lewis 1:03.77 Q 12 Lia Oberstar 1:03.95 Q 13 Choi Soo-min 1:04.20 Q 14 Nikki Tanner 1:04.58 Q 15 Monique Robins 1:04.97 Q 16 Megan McMahon 1:05.69 17 Renate du Plessis 1:06.02 Q 18 Helen Norfolk 1:07.59 19 Caroline Pickering 1:07.85 20 Carissa Thompson 1:07.90

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 23.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mai Nakamura 1:02.07 Q 2 Noriko Inada 1:02.27 Q 3 Barbara Bedford 1:02.29 Q 4 Erin Gammel 1:02.41 Q 5 Miki Nakao 1:02.89 6 Kelly Stefanyshyn 1:03.17 Q 7 Dyana Calub 1:03.18 Q 8 Elli Overton 1:03.20 Q 9 Giaan Rooney 1:03.37 10 Lia Oberstar 1:03.54 Q 11 Danielle Lewis 1:03.59 12 Charlene Wittstock 1:03.60 13 Nikki Tanner 1:04.18 14 Choi Soo-min 1:04.20 15 Monique Robins 1:04.73 16 Renate du Plessis 1:05.84

Final The final was held on August 24. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Dyana Calub 1:01.51 CWR Mai Nakamura 1:01.51 Barbara Bedford 1:01.76 4 Noriko Inada 1:01.79 5 Erin Gammel 1:02.67 6 Kelly Stefanyshyn 1:02.91 7 Elli Overton 1:03.47 8 Lia Oberstar 1:03.75

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