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1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 11, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors18 from 7 nations
Winning time4:16.11
Medalists
gold medal Matthew Dunn   Australia
silver medal Curtis Myden   Canada
bronze medal Trent Steed   Australia
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1997 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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.[1] The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.[2]

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.[3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:14.77 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:20.47 QA
2 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:21.06 QA
3 Trent Steed  Australia 4:23.97 QA
4 Ron Karnaugh  United States 4:24.20 QA
5 Steven Brown  United States 4:24.28 QA
6 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:24.29 QA
7 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:24.56 QA
8 Wang Wei  China 4:26.41 QA
9 Ian Thorpe  Australia 4:26.42 QB
10 Robert van der Zant  Australia 4:27.71 QB
11 Philip Weiss  Canada 4:28.01 QB
12 Oliver Young  New Zealand 4:28.84 QB
13 Tom Dolan  United States 4:30.11 QB
14 Kin Ming Kwok  Hong Kong 4:30.59 QB
15 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:30.81 QB
16 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 4:32.64 QB
17 Lik Sun Fong  Hong Kong 4:35.37
18 Ben Scott  New Zealand 4:38.53

B Final

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The B final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Steven Brown  United States 4:24.71
10 Owen Von Richter  Canada 4:28.11
11 Robert van der Zant  Australia 4:29.02
12 Oliver Young  New Zealand 4:29.19
13 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 4:29.42
14 Kin Ming Kwok  Hong Kong 4:30.14
15 Ben Scott  New Zealand 4:32.67
16 Lik Sun Fong  Hong Kong 4:38.77

A Final

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The A final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:16.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Trent Steed  Australia 4:21.07
4 Tom Wilkens  United States 4:22.51
5 Ron Karnaugh  United States 4:22.69
6 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:23.63
7 Wang Wei  China 4:25.74
8 Philip Weiss  Canada 4:27.72

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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