1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 19 from 8 nations
Winning time 1:47.60
Medalists
   Australia
   United States
   New Zealand
1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Fukuoka, Japan
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 200 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 Danyon Loader of New Zealand.[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record  Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) 1:46.69 Bonn, West Germany August 15, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record  Josh Davis (USA) 1:48.50 Kobe, Japan August 12, 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 10.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Dolan  United States 1:49.89 QA
2 Michael Klim  Australia 1:49.91 QA
3 Josh Davis  United States 1:49.92 QA
4 John Piersma  United States 1:50.12 QA
5 Trent Bray  New Zealand 1:50.34 QA
6 Shunsuke Ito  Japan 1:50.91 QA
7 Ian van der Wal  Australia 1:50.95 QA
8 Grant Hackett  Australia 1:51.20 QA
9 Brad Schumacher  United States 1:51.41 QB
10 Ian Thorpe  Australia 1:51.46 QB
11 Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan 1:51.53 QB
12 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 1:51.94 QB
13 Mark Johnston  Canada 1:52.40 QB
14 Matthew Dunn  Australia 1:52.66 QB
15 Danyon Loader  New Zealand 1:52.69 QB
16 Sion Brinn  Jamaica 1:54.37 QB
17 Michael McWha  Canada 1:54.55
18 Owen Von Richter  Canada 1:55.51
19 Scott Cameron  New Zealand 1:56.41

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Grant Hackett  Australia 1:49.53
10 John Piersma  United States 1:50.22
11 Danyon Loader  New Zealand 1:51.66
12 Mark Johnston  Canada 1:51.72
13 Scott Cameron  New Zealand 1:54.03
14 Michael McWha  Canada 1:54.43
Owen Von Richter  Canada DNS
Sion Brinn  Jamaica DNS

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Michael Klim  Australia 1:47.60 CR
2nd Josh Davis  United States 1:48.17
3rd Trent Bray  New Zealand 1:49.27
4 Ian van der Wal  Australia 1:50.48
5 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 1:50.94
6 Shunsuke Ito  Japan 1:50.95
7 Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan 1:51.87
8 Tom Dolan  United States 1:54.02

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
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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