1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Akira Hayashi of Japan.[2]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 13, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:14.05
Medalists
Kurt Grote    United States   Yoshiaki Okita    Japan   Tom Wilkens    United States

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[3]

Records

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

World record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	July 29, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:11.96	Edmonton, Canada	August 25, 1991

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 13.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:15.67	QA
2	Kurt Grote	United States	2:16.06	QA
3	Chikara Nakashita	Japan	2:16.36	QA
3	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	2:16.36	QA
5	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:16.63	QA
6	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:17.10	QA
6	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:17.10	QA
8	Michael Norment	United States	2:17.94	QA
9	Andrew Chan	Canada	2:17.99	QB
10	Jarrod Marrs	United States	2:18.25	QB
11	Jeremy Linn	United States	2:19.29	QB
12	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:20.76	QB
13	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	2:20.88	QB
14	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	2:27.77	QB
15	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:30.24	QB
16	Denny Kurniawan	Indonesia	2:32.74	QB

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Yoshinobu Miyazaki	Japan	2:18.48
10	Michael Norment	United States	2:18.70
11	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	2:23.08
12	Michael Scott	Hong Kong	2:25.30
13	Robert van der Zant	Australia	2:26.78
14	Denny Kurniawan	Indonesia	2:31.27
–	Jarrod Marrs	United States	DNS
–	Jeremy Linn	United States	DNS

A Final

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

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kurt Grote	United States	2:14.05
	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	2:14.59
	Tom Wilkens	United States	2:14.80
4	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:14.81
5	Chikara Nakashita	Japan	2:14.97
6	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:15.36
7	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:16.73
8	Andrew Chan	Canada	2:17.59

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