1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 12, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Winning time3:18.18
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    New Zealand

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
David Fox (49.32)
Joe Hudepohl (49.11)
Jon Olsen (48.17)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51)
3:15.11 Atlanta, United States August 12, 1995
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
David Fox (49.32)
Joe Hudepohl (49.11)
Jon Olsen (48.17)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51)
3:15.11 Atlanta, United States August 12, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only five teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 12.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Scott Tucker (49.86)
Brad Schumacher (49.66)
Jon Olsen (49.69)
Neil Walker (48.97)
 United States3:18.18
Michael Klim (49.15)
Richard Upton (50.11)
Scott Logan (50.21)
Ian van der Wal (49.86)
 Australia3:19.33
John Steel (51.16)
Nicholas Tongue (50.55)
Danyon Loader (51.01)
Trent Bray (49.77)
 New Zealand3:22.49
4Stephen Clarke (50.54)
Craig Hutchison (50.27)
Dustin Hersee (51.36)
Edward Parenti (51.23)
 Canada3:23.40
5Shunsuke Ito (51.04)
Tomohiro Yamanoi (51.32)
Yosuke Ichikawa (51.26)
Yukihiro Matsushita (50.17)
 Japan3:23.79

References

  1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved August 2, 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.
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