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


The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Danyon Loader of New Zealand.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record1:46.69Bonn, West GermanyAugust 15, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record1:48.50Kobe, JapanAugust 12, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tom Dolan1:49.89QA
2Michael Klim1:49.91QA
3Josh Davis1:49.92QA
4John Piersma1:50.12QA
5Trent Bray1:50.34QA
6Shunsuke Ito1:50.91QA
7Ian van der Wal1:50.95QA
8Grant Hackett1:51.20QA
9Brad Schumacher1:51.41QB
10Ian Thorpe1:51.46QB
11Yosuke Ichikawa1:51.53QB
12Ryk Neethling1:51.94QB
13Mark Johnston1:52.40QB
14Matthew Dunn1:52.66QB
15Danyon Loader1:52.69QB
16Sion Brinn1:54.37QB
17Michael McWha1:54.55
18Owen Von Richter1:55.51
19Scott Cameron1:56.41

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Grant Hackett1:49.53
10John Piersma1:50.22
11Danyon Loader1:51.66
12Mark Johnston1:51.72
13Scott Cameron1:54.03
14Michael McWha1:54.43
–Owen Von RichterDNS
–Sion BrinnDNS

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Michael Klim1:47.60CR
Josh Davis1:48.17
Trent Bray1:49.27
4Ian van der Wal1:50.48
5Ryk Neethling1:50.94
6Shunsuke Ito1:50.95
7Yosuke Ichikawa1:51.87
8Tom Dolan1:54.02