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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue NISHI Civic Pool
DatesAugust 10, 1997 (heats &
finals)
Competitors17 from 8 nations
Winning time54.43
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1995
1999  

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. [1] The last champion was Jeff Rouse of US. [2]

Contents

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke. [3]

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Jeff Rouse  (USA)53.86 Barcelona, Spain July 31, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of the United States.svg  Jeff Rouse  (USA)54.67 Edmonton, Canada August 22, 1991

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 10. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.97QA
2 Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.42QA
3 Mark Versfeld Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.69QA
4 Brad Bridgewater Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.09QA
5 Ricardo Busquets Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 56.38QA
6 Adrian Radley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 56.39QA
7 Keitaro Konnai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.83QA
8 Wang Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.89QA
9 Takafumi Ohishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.00QB
10 Dustin Hersee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.04QB
11 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.15QB
12 Robert van der Zant Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.23QB
12 Ray Hass Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.24QB
14 Tate Blahnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.29QB
15 Tane Strickland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.30QB
16 Juan Rodela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 58.62QB
17 Ross Dunwoody Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.65

B Final

The B final was held on August 10. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9 Brad Bridgewater Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.71
10 Dustin Hersee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.07
11 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57.20
12 Ray Hass Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.27
13 Robert van der Zant Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.58
14 Ross Dunwoody Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.15
15 Tane Strickland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.67
16 Juan Rodela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 58.88

A Final

The A final was held on August 10. [1]

RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lenny Krayzelburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.43 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Neil Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.27
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark Versfeld Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.55
4 Adrian Radley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 56.15
5 Keitaro Konnai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.29
6 Wang Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.30
7 Ricardo Busquets Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 56.35
8 Takafumi Ohishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.94

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 11, 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.