| Event: | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Competition: | 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | NISHI Civic Pool |
| Dates: | August 11, 1997 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Win Value: | 7:13.99 |
| Gold: | Chad Carvin, Tom Malchow, Uğur Taner and Josh Davis |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Ian van der Wal and Grant Hackett |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Trent Bray, Scott Cameron, Nicholas Tongue and Danyon Loader |
| Bronzenoc: | NZL |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1999 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Australia.[2]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99) Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83) | 7:11.95 | Barcelona, Spain | July 27, 1992 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Malcolm Allen (1:50.13) Glen Housman (1:48.57) Matthew Dunn (1:48.74) Daniel Kowalski (1:50.08) | 7:17.52 | Atlanta, United States | August 11, 1995 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.
The final was held on August 11.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Carvin (1:48.26) Tom Malchow (1:50.04) Uğur Taner (1:48.34) Josh Davis (1:47.35) | 7:13.99 | CR | |||
| Michael Klim (1:47.56) Ian Thorpe (1:50.86) Ian van der Wal (1:49.35) Grant Hackett (1:47.95) | 7:15.72 | ||||
| Trent Bray (1:50.24) Scott Cameron (1:52.72) Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99) Danyon Loader (1:51.38) | 7:28.33 | ||||
| 4 | Shunsuke Ito (1:52.25) Yukihiro Matsushita (1:54.25) Masato Hirano (1:52.46) Yosuke Ichikawa (1:50.17) | 7:29.13 | |||
| 5 | Mark Johnston (1:52.15) Stephen Clarke (1:52.60) Edward Parenti (1:52.97) Curtis Myden (1:51.97) | 7:29.69 | |||
| 6 | - - - - | 7:51.32 | |||
| 7 | - - - - | 7:53.31 |