1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates:	August 13, 1997 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	8
Nations:	5
Win Value:	15:13.25
Gold:	Grant Hackett
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Tyler Painter
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Chad Carvin
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

The men's 1500 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 Kieren Perkins of Australia.^[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

Records

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

World record		14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		14:55.92	Kobe, Japan	August 15, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grant Hackett		15:13.25
	Tyler Painter		15:17.01
	Chad Carvin		15:17.18
4	Hisato Yasui		15:34.93
5	Torlarp Sethsothorn		15:38.45
6	Michael McWha		15:40.20
7	Masato Hirano		15:40.88
8	Brent Sallee		15:42.20

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