1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle


The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Gary Hall, Jr. of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record48.21Monte Carlo, MonacoJune 18, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record49.17Tokyo, JapanAugust 16, 1985

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 11.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Michael Klim49.52QA
2Ricardo Busquets50.00QA
3Neil Walker50.06QA
4Scott Tucker50.15QA
5Stephen Clarke50.27QA
6Jon Olsen50.31QA
7Brad Schumacher50.36QA
8David Fox50.45QA
9Uğur Taner50.61QB
10Ian van der Wal50.72QB
11Sion Brinn50.82QB
12Craig Hutchison50.87QB
12Richard Upton50.87QB
14John Steel51.03QB
15Trent Bray51.06QB
16Scott Logan51.10QB
17Shunsuke Ito51.13
18Nicholas Tongue51.31
19Yukihiro Matsushita51.38
20Jiang Chengji51.67
20Nate Dusing51.67
20Brendon Dedekind51.67
23Dustin Hersee51.75

B Final

The B final was held on August 11.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Jon Olsen49.95
10Richard Upton51.13
11John Steel51.18
11Nicholas Tongue51.18
13Trent Bray51.27
14Shunsuke Ito51.36
15Yukihiro Matsushita51.38
16Jiang Chengji51.50

A Final

The A final was held on August 11.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Michael Klim49.46
Neil Walker49.57
Ricardo Busquets49.94
4Stephen Clarke50.06NR
5Scott Tucker50.17
6Sion Brinn50.32
7Ian van der Wal50.71
8Craig Hutchison51.21