1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 4:12.30 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:14.77 | 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 |
Heats
The first round was held on August 11.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Wilkens | 4:20.47 | QA | |
| 2 | Matthew Dunn | 4:21.06 | QA | |
| 3 | Trent Steed | 4:23.97 | QA | |
| 4 | Ron Karnaugh | 4:24.20 | QA | |
| 5 | Steven Brown | 4:24.28 | QA | |
| 6 | Curtis Myden | 4:24.29 | QA | |
| 7 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 4:24.56 | QA | |
| 8 | Wang Wei | 4:26.41 | QA | |
| 9 | Ian Thorpe | 4:26.42 | QB | |
| 10 | Robert van der Zant | 4:27.71 | QB | |
| 11 | Philip Weiss | 4:28.01 | QB | |
| 12 | Oliver Young | 4:28.84 | QB | |
| 13 | Tom Dolan | 4:30.11 | QB | |
| 14 | Kin Ming Kwok | 4:30.59 | QB | |
| 15 | Owen Von Richter | 4:30.81 | QB | |
| 16 | Jo Yoshimi | 4:32.64 | QB | |
| 17 | Lik Sun Fong | 4:35.37 | ||
| 18 | Ben Scott | 4:38.53 |
B Final
The B final was held on August 11.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | Steven Brown | 4:24.71 | ||
| 10 | Owen Von Richter | 4:28.11 | ||
| 11 | Robert van der Zant | 4:29.02 | ||
| 12 | Oliver Young | 4:29.19 | ||
| 13 | Jo Yoshimi | 4:29.42 | ||
| 14 | Kin Ming Kwok | 4:30.14 | ||
| 15 | Ben Scott | 4:32.67 | ||
| 16 | Lik Sun Fong | 4:38.77 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 11.| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Matthew Dunn | 4:16.11 | |||
| Curtis Myden | 4:16.30 | |||
| Trent Steed | 4:21.07 | |||
| 4 | Tom Wilkens | 4:22.51 | ||
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | 4:22.69 | ||
| 6 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 4:23.63 | ||
| 7 | Wang Wei | 4:25.74 | ||
| 8 | Philip Weiss | 4:27.72 |