| Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | NISHI Civic Pool |
| Dates: | August 10, 1997 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Nations: | 4 |
| Win Value: | 7:50.30 |
| Gold: | Grant Hackett |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Chad Carvin |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Tyler Painter |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2002 |
The men's 800 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 Daniel Kowalski of Australia.[2]
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 7:46.00 | Victoria, Canada | August 24, 1994 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 7:50.28 | Atlanta, United States | August 10, 1995 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hackett | 7:50.30 | ||||
| Chad Carvin | 7:57.82 | ||||
| Tyler Painter | 8:01.17 | ||||
| 4 | Masato Hirano | 8:06.81 | |||
| 5 | Tim Siciliano | 8:07.31 | |||
| 6 | Jason Samuelson | 8:08.80 | |||
| 7 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | 8:11.02 | |||
| 8 | Hisato Yasui | 8:19.43 | |||
| 9 | Matthew Smith | 8:22.69 |