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

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]

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

Records

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Grant Hackett Australia3:52.42QA
2Chad Carvin United States3:53.11QA
3John Piersma United States3:53.74QA
4Ian Thorpe Australia3:55.10QA
5Uğur Taner United States3:55.24QA
6Mark Johnston Canada3:56.59QA
7Danyon Loader New Zealand3:56.83QA
8Jason Samuelson Australia3:56.96QA
9Tyler Painter United States3:57.15QB
10Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand3:57.26QB
11Ryk Neethling South Africa3:57.60QB
12Yosuke Ichikawa Japan3:57.68QB
13Hisato Yasui Japan3:57.78QB
14Masato Hirano Japan3:58.01QB
15Tom Malchow United States3:58.54QB
16Michael McWha Canada3:59.03QB
17Scott Cameron New Zealand4:02.41
18Woo Chul South Korea4:02.58
19Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong4:02.59
20Matthew Smith Australia4:02.72
21Brent Sallee Canada4:04.24
22Liam Weseloh Canada4:06.23

B Final

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Uğur Taner United States3:53.59
10Jason Samuelson Australia3:56.02
11Yosuke Ichikawa Japan3:56.55
12Michael McWha Canada3:56.96
13Scott Cameron New Zealand3:59.59
14Masato Hirano Japan3:59.72
15Hisato Yasui Japan4:00.52
15Woo Chul South Korea4:00.52

A Final

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

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Grant Hackett Australia3:47.27CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Ian Thorpe Australia3:49.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Chad Carvin United States3:50.40
4John Piersma United States3:51.81
5Danyon Loader New Zealand3:54.10
6Ryk Neethling South Africa3:54.58
7Mark Johnston Canada3:55.37
8Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand3:55.84

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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
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