1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9 from 4 nations
Winning time7:50.30
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    United States

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  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 7:46.00 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 7:50.28 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Grant Hackett Australia7:50.30
Chad Carvin United States7:57.82
Tyler Painter United States8:01.17
4Masato Hirano Japan8:06.81
5Tim Siciliano United States8:07.31
6Jason Samuelson Australia8:08.80
7Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand8:11.02
8Hisato Yasui Japan8:19.43
9Matthew Smith Australia8:22.69

References

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