1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates:	August 12, 1997 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	10
Win Value:	52.76
Gold:	Neil Walker
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Michael Klim
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Nate Dusing
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.^[3]

Records

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

World record		52.27	Atlanta, United States	July 24, 1996
Pan Pacific Championships record		53.07	Atlanta, United States	August 12, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			53.04	QA, CR
2			53.12	QA
3			53.13	QA
4			53.99	QA
5			54.00	QA
6			54.02	QA
7			54.05	QA
8			54.36	QA
9			54.48	QB
10			54.53	QB
11			54.64	QB
12			55.15	QB
13			55.45	QB
14			55.97	QB
15			56.08	QB
16			56.15	QB
17			56.21
18			56.30
19			56.31
20			56.50
21			56.82

B Final

The B final was held on August 12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			54.50
10			54.82
11			55.47
12			55.64
13			56.11
14			56.19
15			57.08
-			DNS

A Final

The A final was held on August 12.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.76	CR
			52.94
	Nate Dusing		53.26
4			53.56
5			54.18
6			54.19
7			54.54
8			54.58

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1997 . July 26, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .