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

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 12, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 22 from 9 nations
Winning time 3:47.27
Medalists
 Grant Hackett  Australia
 Ian Thorpe  Australia
 Chad Carvin  United States
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 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]

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 Grant Hackett  Australia 3:47.27 CR
2nd Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:49.64
3rd 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. 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
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