1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Australia.[2]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 11, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Winning time7:13.99
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    New Zealand

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

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

World record  Soviet Union (URS)
Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)
Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)
7:11.95 Barcelona, Spain July 27, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record  Australia (AUS)
Malcolm Allen (1:50.13)
Glen Housman (1:48.57)
Matthew Dunn (1:48.74)
Daniel Kowalski (1:50.08)
7:17.52 Atlanta, United States August 11, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 11.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Chad Carvin (1:48.26)
Tom Malchow (1:50.04)
Uğur Taner (1:48.34)
Josh Davis (1:47.35)
 United States7:13.99CR
Michael Klim (1:47.56)
Ian Thorpe (1:50.86)
Ian van der Wal (1:49.35)
Grant Hackett (1:47.95)
 Australia7:15.72
Trent Bray (1:50.24)
Scott Cameron (1:52.72)
Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99)
Danyon Loader (1:51.38)
 New Zealand7:28.33
4Shunsuke Ito (1:52.25)
Yukihiro Matsushita (1:54.25)
Masato Hirano (1:52.46)
Yosuke Ichikawa (1:50.17)
 Japan7:29.13
5Mark Johnston (1:52.15)
Stephen Clarke (1:52.60)
Edward Parenti (1:52.97)
Curtis Myden (1:51.97)
 Canada7:29.69
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 Hong Kong7:51.32
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 Uzbekistan7:53.31

References

  1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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