Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 13, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time15:13.25
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Kieren Perkins of Australia.[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

Records

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

World record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:55.92 Kobe, Japan August 15, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Grant Hackett Australia15:13.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Tyler Painter United States15:17.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Chad Carvin United States15:17.18
4Hisato Yasui Japan15:34.93
5Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand15:38.45
6Michael McWha Canada15:40.20
7Masato Hirano Japan15:40.88
8Brent Sallee Canada15:42.20

References

  1. "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
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