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

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 11, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Winning time 7:13.99
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    New Zealand
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 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]

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]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Chad Carvin (1:48.26)
Tom Malchow (1:50.04)
Uğur Taner (1:48.34)
Josh Davis (1:47.35)
 United States 7:13.99 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Michael Klim (1:47.56)
Ian Thorpe (1:50.86)
Ian van der Wal (1:49.35)
Grant Hackett (1:47.95)
 Australia 7:15.72
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Trent Bray (1:50.24)
Scott Cameron (1:52.72)
Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99)
Danyon Loader (1:51.38)
 New Zealand 7:28.33
4 Shunsuke Ito (1:52.25)
Yukihiro Matsushita (1:54.25)
Masato Hirano (1:52.46)
Yosuke Ichikawa (1:50.17)
 Japan 7:29.13
5 Mark Johnston (1:52.15)
Stephen Clarke (1:52.60)
Edward Parenti (1:52.97)
Curtis Myden (1:51.97)
 Canada 7:29.69
6 -
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 Hong Kong 7:51.32
7 -
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 Uzbekistan 7:53.31

References

  1. 1 2 "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
  3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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