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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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
	← 1995 1999 →

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

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

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

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
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

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

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Klim	Australia	1:47.60	CR
	Josh Davis	United States	1:48.17
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.