1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.[2]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 12, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors22 from 9 nations
Winning time3:47.27
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
← 1995
1999 →

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[3]

Records

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

World record   Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:43.80 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record   Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:49.43 Kobe, Japan August 14, 1993

Results

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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

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grant Hackett   Australia 3:52.42 QA
2 Chad Carvin   United States 3:53.11 QA
3 John Piersma   United States 3:53.74 QA
4 Ian Thorpe   Australia 3:55.10 QA
5 Uğur Taner   United States 3:55.24 QA
6 Mark Johnston   Canada 3:56.59 QA
7 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 3:56.83 QA
8 Jason Samuelson   Australia 3:56.96 QA
9 Tyler Painter   United States 3:57.15 QB
10 Torlarp Sethsothorn   Thailand 3:57.26 QB
11 Ryk Neethling   South Africa 3:57.60 QB
12 Yosuke Ichikawa   Japan 3:57.68 QB
13 Hisato Yasui   Japan 3:57.78 QB
14 Masato Hirano   Japan 3:58.01 QB
15 Tom Malchow   United States 3:58.54 QB
16 Michael McWha   Canada 3:59.03 QB
17 Scott Cameron   New Zealand 4:02.41
18 Woo Chul   South Korea 4:02.58
19 Kwok Kin Ming   Hong Kong 4:02.59
20 Matthew Smith   Australia 4:02.72
21 Brent Sallee   Canada 4:04.24
22 Liam Weseloh   Canada 4:06.23

B Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Uğur Taner   United States 3:53.59
10 Jason Samuelson   Australia 3:56.02
11 Yosuke Ichikawa   Japan 3:56.55
12 Michael McWha   Canada 3:56.96
13 Scott Cameron   New Zealand 3:59.59
14 Masato Hirano   Japan 3:59.72
15 Hisato Yasui   Japan 4:00.52
15 Woo Chul   South Korea 4:00.52

A Final

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

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
  Grant Hackett   Australia 3:47.27 CR
  Ian Thorpe   Australia 3:49.64
  Chad Carvin   United States 3:50.40
4 John Piersma   United States 3:51.81
5 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 3:54.10
6 Ryk Neethling   South Africa 3:54.58
7 Mark Johnston   Canada 3:55.37
8 Torlarp Sethsothorn   Thailand 3:55.84

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine