1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.[2]

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 13, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	20 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:01.14
Medalists
Matthew Dunn    Australia   Curtis Myden    Canada   Ron Karnaugh    United States

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[3]

Records

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

World record	Jani Sievinen (FIN)	1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	David Wharton (USA)	2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

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 13.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:02.59	QA
2	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:02.89	QA
3	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:03.27	QA
4	Wang Wei	China	2:03.60	QA
5	Josh Davis	United States	2:03.91	QA
6	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:04.44	QA
7	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:04.46	QA
8	Steven Brown	United States	2:05.06	QA
9	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:05.10	QB
10	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:05.12	QB
11	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:05.42	QB
12	Zane King	Australia	2:05.85	QB
13	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:05.95	QB
14	Ian Thorpe	Australia	2:06.26	QB
15	Trent Steed	Australia	2:06.33	QB
16	Nate Dusing	United States	2:06.50	QB
17	Oliver Young	New Zealand	2:06.57
18	Casey Barrett	Canada	2:08.11
19	Nicholas Sheeran	New Zealand	2:10.34
20	Oleg Tsvetkovskiy	Uzbekistan	2:12.07

B Final

The B final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Zane King	Australia	2:03.95
10	Philip Weiss	Canada	2:04.18
11	Steven Brown	United States	2:05.23
12	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:05.73
13	Jo Yoshimi	Japan	2:05.92
14	Oliver Young	New Zealand	2:08.28
15	Nicholas Sheeran	New Zealand	2:08.37
16	Oleg Tsvetkovskiy	Uzbekistan	2:10.99

A Final

The A final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Dunn	Australia	2:01.14
	Curtis Myden	Canada	2:01.83
	Ron Karnaugh	United States	2:02.25
4	Josh Davis	United States	2:02.90
5	Wang Wei	China	2:03.02
6	Tatsuya Kinugasa	Japan	2:04.58
7	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:04.91
8	Theo Verster	South Africa	2:04.94

References

1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.