1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 11, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 18 from 7 nations
Winning time 4:16.11
Medalists
 Matthew Dunn  Australia
 Curtis Myden  Canada
 Trent Steed  Australia
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 individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[3]

Records

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

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:14.77 Atlanta, USA August 10, 1995

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 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:20.47 QA
2 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:21.06 QA
3 Trent Steed  Australia 4:23.97 QA
4 Ron Karnaugh  United States 4:24.20 QA
5 Steven Brown  United States 4:24.28 QA
6 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:24.29 QA
7 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:24.56 QA
8 Wang Wei  China 4:26.41 QA
9 Ian Thorpe  Australia 4:26.42 QB
10 Robert van der Zant  Australia 4:27.71 QB
11 Philip Weiss  Canada 4:28.01 QB
12 Oliver Young  New Zealand 4:28.84 QB
13 Tom Dolan  United States 4:30.11 QB
14 Kin Ming Kwok  Hong Kong 4:30.59 QB
15 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:30.81 QB
16 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 4:32.64 QB
17 Lik Sun Fong  Hong Kong 4:35.37
18 Ben Scott  New Zealand 4:38.53

B Final

The B final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Steven Brown  United States 4:24.71
10 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:28.11
11 Robert van der Zant  Australia 4:29.02
12 Oliver Young  New Zealand 4:29.19
13 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 4:29.42
14 Kin Ming Kwok  Hong Kong 4:30.14
15 Ben Scott  New Zealand 4:32.67
16 Lik Sun Fong  Hong Kong 4:38.77

A Final

The A final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:16.11
2nd Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.30
3rd Trent Steed  Australia 4:21.07
4 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:22.51
5 Ron Karnaugh  United States 4:22.69
6 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:23.63
7 Wang Wei  China 4:25.74
8 Philip Weiss  Canada 4:27.72

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
  3. ↑ Swimming technical manual
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