1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.[2]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 12, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Winning time52.76
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
← 1995
1999 →

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[3]

Records edit

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

World record   Denis Pankratov (RUS) 52.27 Atlanta, United States July 24, 1996
Pan Pacific Championships record   Scott Miller (AUS) 53.07 Atlanta, United States August 12, 1995

Results edit

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

Heats edit

The first round was held on August 12.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Neil Walker   United States 53.04 QA, CR
2 Michael Klim   Australia 53.12 QA
3 Nate Dusing   United States 53.13 QA
4 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 53.99 QA
5 John Hargis   United States 54.00 QA
6 Scott Goodman   Australia 54.02 QA
7 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 54.05 QA
8 Stephen Clarke   Canada 54.36 QA
9 Edward Parenti   Canada 54.48 QB
10 Theo Verster   South Africa 54.53 QB
11 Junya Kawakami   Japan 54.64 QB
12 Yukihiro Matsushita   Japan 55.15 QB
13 Steven Brown   United States 55.45 QB
14 Casey Barrett   Canada 55.97 QB
15 Sergio Garza   Mexico 56.08 QB
16 Jiang Chengji   China 56.15 QB
17 Nicholas Sheeran   New Zealand 56.21
18 Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan 56.30
19 Hisayoshi Tanaka   Japan 56.31
20 John Steel   New Zealand 56.50
21 Philip Weiss   Canada 56.82

B Final edit

The B final was held on August 12.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 John Hargis   United States 54.50
10 Junya Kawakami   Japan 54.82
11 Yukihiro Matsushita   Japan 55.47
12 John Steel   New Zealand 55.64
13 Sergio Garza   Mexico 56.11
14 Casey Barrett   Canada 56.19
15 Nicholas Sheeran   New Zealand 57.08
- Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan DNS

A Final edit

The A final was held on August 12.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
  Neil Walker   United States 52.76 CR
  Michael Klim   Australia 52.94
  Nate Dusing   United States 53.26
4 Takashi Yamamoto   Japan 53.56
5 Scott Goodman   Australia 54.18
6 Edward Parenti   Canada 54.19
7 Stephen Clarke   Canada 54.54
8 Theo Verster   South Africa 54.58

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.