Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9 from 4 nations
Winning time7:50.30
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Daniel Kowalski 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) 7:46.00 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 7:50.28 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

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 Australia7:50.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Chad Carvin United States7:57.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tyler Painter United States8:01.17
4Masato Hirano Japan8:06.81
5Tim Siciliano United States8:07.31
6Jason Samuelson Australia8:08.80
7Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand8:11.02
8Hisato Yasui Japan8:19.43
9Matthew Smith Australia8:22.69

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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