The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Danyon Loader of New Zealand.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:46.69Bonn, West GermanyAugust 15, 1989Pan Pacific Championships record1:48.50Kobe, JapanAugust 12, 1993
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on August 10.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tom Dolan 1:49.89 QA 2 Michael Klim 1:49.91 QA 3 Josh Davis 1:49.92 QA 4 John Piersma 1:50.12 QA 5 Trent Bray 1:50.34 QA 6 Shunsuke Ito 1:50.91 QA 7 Ian van der Wal 1:50.95 QA 8 Grant Hackett 1:51.20 QA 9 Brad Schumacher 1:51.41 QB 10 Ian Thorpe 1:51.46 QB 11 Yosuke Ichikawa 1:51.53 QB 12 Ryk Neethling 1:51.94 QB 13 Mark Johnston 1:52.40 QB 14 Matthew Dunn 1:52.66 QB 15 Danyon Loader 1:52.69 QB 16 Sion Brinn 1:54.37 QB 17 Michael McWha 1:54.55 18 Owen Von Richter 1:55.51 19 Scott Cameron 1:56.41
B Final The B final was held on August 10.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Grant Hackett 1:49.53 10 John Piersma 1:50.22 11 Danyon Loader 1:51.66 12 Mark Johnston 1:51.72 13 Scott Cameron 1:54.03 14 Michael McWha 1:54.43 – Owen Von Richter DNS – Sion Brinn DNS
A Final The A final was held on August 10. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Michael Klim 1:47.60 CR Josh Davis 1:48.17 Trent Bray 1:49.27 4 Ian van der Wal 1:50.48 5 Ryk Neethling 1:50.94 6 Shunsuke Ito 1:50.95 7 Yosuke Ichikawa 1:51.87 8 Tom Dolan 1:54.02
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