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

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates:	August 10, 1997 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	19
Nations:	8
Win Value:	1:47.60
Gold:	Michael Klim
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Josh Davis
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Trent Bray
Bronzenoc:	NZL
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Danyon Loader of New Zealand.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.^[3]

Records

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

World record		1:46.69	Bonn, West Germany	August 15, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:48.50	Kobe, Japan	August 12, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:49.89	QA
2			1:49.91	QA
3			1:49.92	QA
4			1:50.12	QA
5			1:50.34	QA
6			1:50.91	QA
7			1:50.95	QA
8			1:51.20	QA
9			1:51.41	QB
10			1:51.46	QB
11			1:51.53	QB
12			1:51.94	QB
13			1:52.40	QB
14			1:52.66	QB
15			1:52.69	QB
16			1:54.37	QB
17			1:54.55
18			1:55.51
19			1:56.41

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:49.53
10			1:50.22
11			1:51.66
12			1:51.72
13			1:54.03
14			1:54.43
–			DNS
–			DNS

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.60	CR
			1:48.17
	Trent Bray		1:49.27
4			1:50.48
5			1:50.94
6			1:50.95
7			1:51.87
8			1:54.02

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1997 . May 10, 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 .