1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.^[2]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 12, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	22 from 9 nations
Winning time	3:47.27
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Ian Thorpe    Australia   Chad Carvin    United States
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	3:43.80	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	3:49.43	Kobe, Japan	August 14, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 12.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:52.42	QA
2	Chad Carvin	United States	3:53.11	QA
3	John Piersma	United States	3:53.74	QA
4	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:55.10	QA
5	Uğur Taner	United States	3:55.24	QA
6	Mark Johnston	Canada	3:56.59	QA
7	Danyon Loader	New Zealand	3:56.83	QA
8	Jason Samuelson	Australia	3:56.96	QA
9	Tyler Painter	United States	3:57.15	QB
10	Torlarp Sethsothorn	Thailand	3:57.26	QB
11	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	3:57.60	QB
12	Yosuke Ichikawa	Japan	3:57.68	QB
13	Hisato Yasui	Japan	3:57.78	QB
14	Masato Hirano	Japan	3:58.01	QB
15	Tom Malchow	United States	3:58.54	QB
16	Michael McWha	Canada	3:59.03	QB
17	Scott Cameron	New Zealand	4:02.41
18	Woo Chul	South Korea	4:02.58
19	Kwok Kin Ming	Hong Kong	4:02.59
20	Matthew Smith	Australia	4:02.72
21	Brent Sallee	Canada	4:04.24
22	Liam Weseloh	Canada	4:06.23

B Final

The B final was held on August 12.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Uğur Taner	United States	3:53.59
10	Jason Samuelson	Australia	3:56.02
11	Yosuke Ichikawa	Japan	3:56.55
12	Michael McWha	Canada	3:56.96
13	Scott Cameron	New Zealand	3:59.59
14	Masato Hirano	Japan	3:59.72
15	Hisato Yasui	Japan	4:00.52
15	Woo Chul	South Korea	4:00.52

A Final

The A final was held on August 12.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:47.27	CR
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:49.64
	Chad Carvin	United States	3:50.40
4	John Piersma	United States	3:51.81
5	Danyon Loader	New Zealand	3:54.10
6	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	3:54.58
7	Mark Johnston	Canada	3:55.37
8	Torlarp Sethsothorn	Thailand	3:55.84