1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
Dates August 13, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 8 from 5 nations
Winning time 15:13.25
Medalists
gold medal     Australia
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     United States
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1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Fukuoka, Japan
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Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Kieren Perkins 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) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:55.92 Kobe, Japan August 15, 1993

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 Grant Hackett  Australia 15:13.25
2nd Tyler Painter  United States 15:17.01
3rd Chad Carvin  United States 15:17.18
4 Hisato Yasui  Japan 15:34.93
5 Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand 15:38.45
6 Michael McWha  Canada 15:40.20
7 Masato Hirano  Japan 15:40.88
8 Brent Sallee  Canada 15:42.20

References

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  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history