1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates:	August 13, 1997 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	10
Win Value:	22.42
Gold:	Bill Pilczuk
Goldnoc:	USA
Gold2:	Ricardo Busquets
Goldnoc2:	PUR
Bronze:	David Fox
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Gary Hall, Jr. of US.^[2]

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.^[3]

Records

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

World record		21.81	Nashville, United States	March 24, 1990
Pan Pacific Championships record		22.12	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 13.

The B final was held on August 13.

The A final was held on August 13.

Web site: Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1997 . May 5, 2014.
http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
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 .