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

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 Grant Hackett   Australia
silver medal Ian Thorpe   Australia
bronze medal Chad Carvin   United States
1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

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

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

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 3:47.27 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:49.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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
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