1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.[2]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 10, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	18 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:57.35
Medalists
Uğur Taner    United States   Tom Malchow    United States   Scott Goodman    Australia

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Denis Pankratov (RUS)	1:55.22	Canet-en-Roussillon, France	June 14, 1995
Pan Pacific Championships record	Scott Miller (AUS)	1:57.86	Atlanta, United States	August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 10.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Uğur Taner	United States	1:57.94	QA
2	Tom Malchow	United States	1:58.29	QA
3	Scott Goodman	Australia	1:58.62	QA
4	Steven Brown	United States	1:59.34	QA
5	Nate Dusing	United States	1:59.50	QA
6	Casey Barrett	Canada	2:00.54	QA
7	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:01.29	QA
8	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	2:01.30	QA
9	Edward Parenti	Canada	2:01.84	QB
10	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:01.91	QB
11	Han Kyu-chul	South Korea	2:01.94	QB
12	Greg Shaw	Australia	2:02.18	QB
13	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:02.61	QB
14	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	2:03.30	QB
15	Trent Steed	Australia	2:03.36	QB
16	Juan Veloz	Mexico	2:03.80	QB
17	Kin Ming Kwok	Hong Kong	2:04.08
18	Junya Kawakami	Japan	2:04.14

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Steven Brown	United States	1:59.76
10	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:01.78
11	Hisayoshi Tanaka	Japan	2:01.86
12	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:02.68
13	Trent Steed	Australia	2:03.42
14	Kin Ming Kwok	Hong Kong	2:03.73
15	Juan Veloz	Mexico	2:04.40

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Uğur Taner	United States	1:57.35	CR
	Tom Malchow	United States	1:57.71
	Scott Goodman	Australia	1:58.34
4	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:59.52
5	Casey Barrett	Canada	2:00.83
6	Han Kyu-chul	South Korea	2:00.87
7	Edward Parenti	Canada	2:01.57
8	Greg Shaw	Australia	2:01.75

References

1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine