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

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue
DatesAugust 13, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time15:13.25
Medalists
gold medal Grant Hackett   Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal Chad Carvin   United States
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1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
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Freestyle
50 mmen
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
200 mmen
Breaststroke
100 mmen
200 mmen
Butterfly
100 mmen
200 mmen
Individual medley
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmen
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the .[1] The champion was Kieren Perkins 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) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:55.92 Kobe, Japan August 15, 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
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grant Hackett   15:13.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   15:17.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chad Carvin   15:17.18
4 Hisato Yasui   15:34.93
5 Torlarp Sethsothorn   15:38.45
6   15:40.20
7 Masato Hirano   15:40.88
8   15:42.20

References[]

  1. ^ "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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