1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 9 from 4 nations
Winning time 7:50.30
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    United States
1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Fukuoka, Japan
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.[2]

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 record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 7:46.00 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 7:50.28 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 7:50.30
2nd, silver medalist(s) Chad Carvin  United States 7:57.82
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tyler Painter  United States 8:01.17
4 Masato Hirano  Japan 8:06.81
5 Tim Siciliano  United States 8:07.31
6 Jason Samuelson  Australia 8:08.80
7 Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand 8:11.02
8 Hisato Yasui  Japan 8:19.43
9 Matthew Smith  Australia 8:22.69

References

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