1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly


The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record1:55.22Canet-en-Roussillon, FranceJune 14, 1995
Pan Pacific Championships record1:57.86Atlanta, United StatesAugust 10, 1995

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Uğur Taner1:57.94QA
2Tom Malchow1:58.29QA
3Scott Goodman1:58.62QA
4Steven Brown1:59.34QA
5Nate Dusing1:59.50QA
6Casey Barrett2:00.54QA
7Tom Wilkens2:01.29QA
8Takashi Yamamoto2:01.30QA
9Edward Parenti2:01.84QB
10Philip Weiss2:01.91QB
11Han Kyu-chul2:01.94QB
12Greg Shaw2:02.18QB
13Theo Verster2:02.61QB
14Hisayoshi Tanaka2:03.30QB
15Trent Steed2:03.36QB
16Juan Veloz2:03.80QB
17Kin Ming Kwok2:04.08
18Junya Kawakami2:04.14

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Steven Brown1:59.76
10Philip Weiss2:01.78
11Hisayoshi Tanaka2:01.86
12Theo Verster2:02.68
13Trent Steed2:03.42
14Kin Ming Kwok2:03.73
15Juan Veloz2:04.40

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Uğur Taner1:57.35CR
Tom Malchow1:57.71
Scott Goodman1:58.34
4Takashi Yamamoto1:59.52
5Casey Barrett2:00.83
6Han Kyu-chul2:00.87
7Edward Parenti2:01.57
8Greg Shaw2:01.75