1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Australia.[2]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 11, 1997 (heats & finals)
Winning time	7:13.99
Medalists
Chad Carvin, Tom Malchow, Uğur Taner and Josh Davis    United States   Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Ian van der Wal and Grant Hackett    Australia   Trent Bray, Scott Cameron, Nicholas Tongue and Danyon Loader    New Zealand

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four 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	Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99) Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)	7:11.95	Barcelona, Spain	July 27, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record	Australia (AUS) Malcolm Allen (1:50.13) Glen Housman (1:48.57) Matthew Dunn (1:48.74) Daniel Kowalski (1:50.08)	7:17.52	Atlanta, United States	August 11, 1995

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

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

Final

The final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chad Carvin (1:48.26) Tom Malchow (1:50.04) Uğur Taner (1:48.34) Josh Davis (1:47.35)	United States	7:13.99	CR
	Michael Klim (1:47.56) Ian Thorpe (1:50.86) Ian van der Wal (1:49.35) Grant Hackett (1:47.95)	Australia	7:15.72
	Trent Bray (1:50.24) Scott Cameron (1:52.72) Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99) Danyon Loader (1:51.38)	New Zealand	7:28.33
4	Shunsuke Ito (1:52.25) Yukihiro Matsushita (1:54.25) Masato Hirano (1:52.46) Yosuke Ichikawa (1:50.17)	Japan	7:29.13
5	Mark Johnston (1:52.15) Stephen Clarke (1:52.60) Edward Parenti (1:52.97) Curtis Myden (1:51.97)	Canada	7:29.69
6	- - - -	Hong Kong	7:51.32
7	- - - -	Uzbekistan	7:53.31

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.