1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Kieren Perkins of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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 record14:41.66Victoria, CanadaAugust 24, 1994Pan Pacific Championships record14:55.92Kobe, JapanAugust 15, 1993

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Grant Hackett 15:13.25 Tyler Painter 15:17.01 Chad Carvin 15:17.18 4 Hisato Yasui 15:34.93 5 Torlarp Sethsothorn 15:38.45 6 Michael McWha 15:40.20 7 Masato Hirano 15:40.88 8 Brent Sallee 15:42.20

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