1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueNISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 13, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors23 from 10 nations
Winning time22.42
Medalists
gold medal    United States
gold medal    Puerto Rico
bronze medal    United States
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Gary Hall, Jr. of US.[2]

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[3]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Tom Jager (USA) 21.81 Nashville, United States March 24, 1990
Pan Pacific Championships record  Tom Jager (USA) 22.12 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989

Results[edit]

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[edit]

The first round was held on August 13.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bill Pilczuk  United States 22.39 QA
2 David Fox  United States 22.54 QA
3 Neil Walker  United States 22.65 QA
4 Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico 22.79 QA
4 Brendon Dedekind  South Africa 22.79 QA
6 Michael Klim  Australia 22.99 QA
7 Scott Tucker  United States 23.01 QA
7 Jon Olsen  United States 23.01 QA
9 Scott Logan  Australia 23.02 QB
10 Josh Davis  United States 23.11 QB
11 Tomohiro Yamanoi  Japan 23.17 QB
12 Craig Hutchison  Canada 23.23 QB
13 Sion Brinn  Jamaica 23.29 QB
14 Shunsuke Ito  Japan 23.52 QB
14 Brad Schumacher  United States 23.52 QB
16 Lenny Krayzelburg  United States 23.67 QB
17 Uğur Taner  United States 23.83
18 Ravil Nachaev  Uzbekistan 23.84
19 Nicholas Tongue  New Zealand 23.87
20 Richard Upton  Australia 23.92
21 Derrick Bollinger  Guam 23.95
22 John Steel  New Zealand 23.96
23 Junya Kawakami  Japan 23.99

B Final[edit]

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Neil Walker  United States 22.74
10 Sion Brinn  Jamaica 23.34
11 Shunsuke Ito  Japan 23.50
12 Richard Upton  Australia 23.75
13 Nicholas Tongue  New Zealand 23.81
14 Ravil Nachaev  Uzbekistan 24.11
15 John Steel  New Zealand 24.20
- Derrick Bollinger  Guam DNS

A Final[edit]

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

Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bill Pilczuk  United States 22.42
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico 22.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Fox  United States 22.69
4 Brendon Dedekind  South Africa 22.79
5 Scott Logan  Australia 22.91
6 Michael Klim  Australia 22.93
7 Tomohiro Yamanoi  Japan 22.98
8 Craig Hutchison  Canada 23.18

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 5, 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.