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

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue
DatesAugust 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9 from 4 nations
Winning time7:50.30
Medalists
gold medal Grant Hackett   Australia
silver medal Chad Carvin   United States
bronze medal    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 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the .[1] The 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: 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   7:50.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chad Carvin   7:57.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   8:01.17
4 Masato Hirano   8:06.81
5   8:07.31
6   8:08.80
7 Torlarp Sethsothorn   8:11.02
8 Hisato Yasui   8:19.43
9   8:22.69

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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