The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Jeff Rouse of US.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record53.86Barcelona, SpainJuly 31, 1992Pan Pacific Championships record54.67Edmonton, CanadaAugust 22, 1991
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 Lenny Krayzelburg 54.97 QA 2 Neil Walker 55.42 QA 3 Mark Versfeld 55.69 QA 4 Brad Bridgewater 56.09 QA 5 Ricardo Busquets 56.38 QA 6 Adrian Radley 56.39 QA 7 Keitaro Konnai 56.83 QA 8 Wang Wei 56.89 QA 9 Takafumi Ohishi 57.00 QB 10 Dustin Hersee 57.04 QB 11 Hajime Itoi 57.15 QB 12 Robert van der Zant 57.23 QB 12 Ray Hass 57.24 QB 14 Tate Blahnik 57.29 QB 15 Tane Strickland 58.30 QB 16 Juan Rodela 58.62 QB 17 Ross Dunwoody 58.65
B Final The B final was held on August 10.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Brad Bridgewater 55.71 10 Dustin Hersee 57.07 11 Hajime Itoi 57.20 12 Ray Hass 57.27 13 Robert van der Zant 57.58 14 Ross Dunwoody 58.15 15 Tane Strickland 58.67 16 Juan Rodela 58.88
A Final The A final was held on August 10. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Lenny Krayzelburg 54.43 CR Neil Walker 55.27 Mark Versfeld 55.55 4 Adrian Radley 56.15 5 Keitaro Konnai 56.29 6 Wang Wei 56.30 7 Ricardo Busquets 56.35 8 Takafumi Ohishi 56.94
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