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

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Venue

Dates

August 12, 1997 (heats &
finals)

Competitors

22 from 9 nations

Winning time

3:47.27

Medalists

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1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

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
v t e

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

Fastest non-qualifiers

Qualified

Championships record

National record

Personal best

Seasonal best

The first round was held on August 12.

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

The B final was held on August 12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
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

The A final was held on August 12.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:47.27	CR
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:49.64
	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