1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Fukuoka, Japan, from August 10–13, 1997.^[1][2]

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Host city	Fukuoka, Japan
Date(s)	August 10–13, 1997
Nations participating	17
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Competing nations

Australia  Canada  China  Chinese Taipei  Costa Rica  Guam

Hong Kong  Jamaica  Japan  South Korea  Mexico  New Zealand

Puerto Rico  South Africa  Thailand  United States  Uzbekistan

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Bill Pilczuk (USA)  Ricardo Busquets (PUR)	22.42	Not awarded		David Fox (USA)	22.69
100 m freestyle details	Michael Klim (AUS)	49.46 OC	Neil Walker (USA)	49.57	Ricardo Busquets (PUR)	49.94
200 m freestyle details	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.60 CR	Josh Davis (USA)	1:48.17	Trent Bray (NZL)	1:49.27
400 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett (AUS)	3:47.27 CR	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:49.64	Chad Carvin (USA)	3:50.40
800 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett (AUS)	7:50.30	Chad Carvin (USA)	7:57.82	Tyler Painter (USA)	8:01.17
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett (AUS)	15:13.25	Tyler Painter (USA)	15:17.01	Chad Carvin (USA)	15:17.18
100 m backstroke details	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	54.43 CR	Neil Walker (USA)	55.27	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	55.55
200 m backstroke details	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:57.87 CR	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	1:59.61 NR	Brad Bridgewater (USA)	2:00.04
100 m breaststroke details	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:01.22 CR	Phil Rogers (AUS)	1:01.85	Jarrod Marrs (USA)	1:02.64
200 m breaststroke details	Kurt Grote (USA)	2:14.05	Yoshiaki Okita (JPN)	2:14.59	Tom Wilkens (USA)	2:14.80
100 m butterfly details	Neil Walker (USA)	52.76 CR, AM	Michael Klim (AUS)	52.94	Nate Dusing (USA)	53.26
200 m butterfly details	Uğur Taner (USA)	1:57.35 CR	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:57.71	Scott Goodman (AUS)	1:58.34
200 m individual medley details	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	2:01.14	Curtis Myden (CAN)	2:01.83	Ron Karnaugh (USA)	2:02.25
400 m individual medley details	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	4:16.11 OC	Curtis Myden (CAN)	4:16.30	Trent Steed (AUS)	4:21.07
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States Scott Tucker (49.86) Brad Schumacher (49.66) Jon Olsen (49.69) Neil Walker (48.97)	3:18.18	Australia Michael Klim (49.15) OC Richard Upton (50.11) Scott Logan (50.21) Ian van der Wal (49.86)	3:19.33 OC	New Zealand John Steel (51.16) Nicholas Tongue (50.55) Danyon Loader (51.01) Trent Bray (49.77)	3:22.49
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States Chad Carvin (1:48.26) Tom Malchow (1:50.04) Uğur Taner (1:48.34) Josh Davis (1:47.35)	7:13.99 CR	Australia Michael Klim (1:47.56) Ian Thorpe (1:50.86) Ian van der Wal (1:49.35) Grant Hackett (1:47.95)	7:15.72	New Zealand Trent Bray (1:50.24) Scott Cameron (1:52.72) Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99) Danyon Loader (1:51.38)	7:28.33
4×100 m medley relay details	United States Lenny Krayzelburg (54.74) Kurt Grote (1:00.59) Nate Dusing (52.67) Neil Walker (49.03)	3:36.93 CR	Australia Adrian Radley (56.01) Phil Rogers (1:01.78) Scott Goodman (53.34) Michael Klim (48.60)	3:39.73	Canada Mark Versfeld (56.35) Morgan Knabe (1:04.28) Edward Parenti (53.92) Stephen Clarke (49.53)	3:43.98

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Le Jingyi (CHN)	25.24	Jenny Thompson (USA)	25.42	Nicole De Man (USA)	25.66
100 m freestyle details	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.82	Le Jingyi (CHN)	54.86	Catherine Fox (USA)	56.07
200 m freestyle details	Claudia Poll (CRC)	1:57.48	Le Jingyi (CHN)	2:00.54	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:01.12
400 m freestyle details	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:06.56	Brooke Bennett (USA)	4:09.77	Diana Munz (USA)	4:14.03
800 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett (USA)	8:26.36	Claudia Poll (CRC)	8:29.05	Diana Munz (USA)	8:29.06
1500 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett (USA)	16:10.24	Diana Munz (USA)	16.17.06	Erica Rose (USA)[3]	16:29.06
100 m backstroke details	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.13	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:01.35	Catherine Fox (USA)	1:01.83
200 m backstroke details	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	2:11.40	Lea Maurer (USA)	2:12.25	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:12.80
100 m breaststroke details	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:07.81	Penny Heyns (RSA)	1:08.85	Kristy Kowal (USA)	1:09.18
200 m breaststroke details	Samantha Riley (AUS)	2:25.34	Masami Tanaka (JPN)	2:29.66	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	2:29.83
100 m butterfly details	Jenny Thompson (USA)	59.00	Ayari Aoyama (JPN)	59.35	Can Huijue (CHN)	59.64
200 m butterfly details	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:08.59	Kristine Quance (USA)	2:09.29	Misty Hyman (USA)	2:11.53
200 m individual medley details	Kristine Quance (USA)	2:13.79	Marianne Limpert (CAN)	2:14.91	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:16.17
400 m individual medley details	Kristine Quance (USA)	4:39.61	Maddy Crippen (USA)	4:43.20	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:44.17
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States Catherine Fox (55.80) Melanie Valerio (56.23) Nicole De Man (56.35) Jenny Thompson (55.39)	3:43.77	Canada Shannon Shakespeare (56.73) Nicole Davey (57.06) Marianne Limpert (56.84) Laura Nicholls (55.94)	3:46.57	Australia Sarah Ryan (56.53) Susie O'Neill (56.24) Kate Godfrey (57.42) Nadine Neumann (57.30)	3:47.49
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States Lindsay Benko (2:01.81) Ashley Whitney (2:02.81) Jamie Cail (2:01.52) Jenny Thompson (2:01.68)	8:07.82	Canada Jessica Deglau (2:01.98) Karine Chevrier (2:02.18) Andrea Schwartz (2:02.84) Joanne Malar (2:01.85)	8:08.85	Australia Susie O'Neill (2:01.26) Sarah Ryan (2:05.59) Kate Godfrey (2:04.17) Nadine Neumann (2:02.90)	8:13.92
4×100 m medley relay details	United States Lea Maurer (1:01.52) Kristy Kowal (1:08.52) Richelle Fox (59.73) Jenny Thompson (54.50)	4:04.27	Australia Meredith Smith (1:03.55) Samantha Riley (1:07.10) Susie O'Neill (59.87) Sarah Ryan (55.20)	4:05.72	Japan Mai Nakamura (1:01.42) Junko Isoda (1:10.99) Ayari Aoyama (59.50) Sumika Minamoto (55.92)	4:07.83

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	19	13	17	49
2	Australia (AUS)	10	7	4	21
3	Japan (JPN)	2	3	2	7
4	Costa Rica (CRC)	2	1	0	3
5	China (CHN)	1	2	1	4
6	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	1	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	6	6	12
8	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
9	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	3	3
Totals (9 entries)		35	33	34	102