1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Eric Wunderlich of US.[2]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 11, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	17 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:01.22
Medalists
Kurt Grote    United States   Phil Rogers    Australia   Jarrod Marrs    United States

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Fred Deburghgraeve (BEL)	1:00.60	Atlanta, United States	July 20, 1996
Pan Pacific Championships record	Phil Rogers (AUS)	1:01.56	Kobe, Japan	August 13, 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

Heats

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kurt Grote	United States	1:01.31	QA, CR
2	Jarrod Marrs	United States	1:02.09	QA
3	Phil Rogers	Australia	1:02.18	QA
4	Jeremy Linn	United States	1:02.27	QA
5	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:02.77	QA
6	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.81	QA
7	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	1:03.23	QA
8	Kwang-Jea Cho	South Korea	1:03.35	QA
9	Michael Norment	United States	1:03.44	QB
10	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	1:03.49	QB
11	Chikara Nakashita	Japan	1:03.70	QB
12	Andrew Chan	Canada	1:03.95	QB
13	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	1:05.59	QB
14	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	1:06.98	QB
15	Oleg Pukhnatiy	Uzbekistan	1:07.35	QB
16	Denny Kurniawan	Indonesia	1:09.29	QB
17	Man Pan Chan	Macau	1:18.80

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Jeremy Linn	United States	1:01.88
10	Chikara Nakashita	Japan	1:03.70
11	Andrew Chan	Canada	1:03.77
12	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	1:06.05
13	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	1:06.31
14	Oleg Pukhnatiy	Uzbekistan	1:07.00
15	Denny Kurniawan	Indonesia	1:09.82
–	Man Pan Chan	Macau	DNS

A Final

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

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kurt Grote	United States	1:01.22	CR
	Phil Rogers	Australia	1:01.85
	Jarrod Marrs	United States	1:02.64
4	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	1:02.72
5	Simon Cowley	Australia	1:02.74
6	Kwang-Jea Cho	South Korea	1:02.94
7	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.99
8	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	1:03.31

References

1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 23, 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