1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | NISHI Civic Pool | |||||||||
Dates | August 10, 1997 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 9 from 4 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:50.30 | |||||||||
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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 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 | ![]() | 7:46.00 | Victoria, Canada | August 24, 1994 |
Pan Pacific Championships record | ![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Grant Hackett | ![]() | 7:50.30 | |
![]() | Chad Carvin | ![]() | 7:57.82 | |
![]() | Tyler Painter | ![]() | 8:01.17 | |
4 | Masato Hirano | ![]() | 8:06.81 | |
5 | Tim Siciliano | ![]() | 8:07.31 | |
6 | Jason Samuelson | ![]() | 8:08.80 | |
7 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | ![]() | 8:11.02 | |
8 | Hisato Yasui | ![]() | 8:19.43 | |
9 | Matthew Smith | ![]() | 8:22.69 |