1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.[2]

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 13, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors20 from 8 nations
Winning time2:01.14
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    United States
← 1995
1999 →

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[3]

Records

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

World record   Jani Sievinen (FIN) 1:58.16 Rome, Italy September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record   David Wharton (USA) 2:00.11 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989

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 13.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ron Karnaugh   United States 2:02.59 QA
2 Matthew Dunn   Australia 2:02.89 QA
3 Curtis Myden   Canada 2:03.27 QA
4 Wang Wei   China 2:03.60 QA
5 Josh Davis   United States 2:03.91 QA
6 Mark Versfeld   Canada 2:04.44 QA
7 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 2:04.46 QA
8 Steven Brown   United States 2:05.06 QA
9 Philip Weiss   Canada 2:05.10 QB
10 Theo Verster   South Africa 2:05.12 QB
11 Robert van der Zant   Australia 2:05.42 QB
12 Zane King   Australia 2:05.85 QB
13 Jo Yoshimi   Japan 2:05.95 QB
14 Ian Thorpe   Australia 2:06.26 QB
15 Trent Steed   Australia 2:06.33 QB
16 Nate Dusing   United States 2:06.50 QB
17 Oliver Young   New Zealand 2:06.57
18 Casey Barrett   Canada 2:08.11
19 Nicholas Sheeran   New Zealand 2:10.34
20 Oleg Tsvetkovskiy   Uzbekistan 2:12.07

B Final

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The B final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Zane King   Australia 2:03.95
10 Philip Weiss   Canada 2:04.18
11 Steven Brown   United States 2:05.23
12 Robert van der Zant   Australia 2:05.73
13 Jo Yoshimi   Japan 2:05.92
14 Oliver Young   New Zealand 2:08.28
15 Nicholas Sheeran   New Zealand 2:08.37
16 Oleg Tsvetkovskiy   Uzbekistan 2:10.99

A Final

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The A final was held on August 13.[1]

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
  Matthew Dunn   Australia 2:01.14
  Curtis Myden   Canada 2:01.83
  Ron Karnaugh   United States 2:02.25
4 Josh Davis   United States 2:02.90
5 Wang Wei   China 2:03.02
6 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 2:04.58
7 Mark Versfeld   Canada 2:04.91
8 Theo Verster   South Africa 2:04.94

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.