1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 10, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	9 from 4 nations
Winning time	7:50.30
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Chad Carvin    United States   Tyler Painter    United States

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

Records

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

World record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	7:46.00	Victoria, Canada	August 24, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	7:50.28	Atlanta, United States	August 10, 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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:50.30
	Chad Carvin	United States	7:57.82
	Tyler Painter	United States	8:01.17
4	Masato Hirano	Japan	8:06.81
5	Tim Siciliano	United States	8:07.31
6	Jason Samuelson	Australia	8:08.80
7	Torlarp Sethsothorn	Thailand	8:11.02
8	Hisato Yasui	Japan	8:19.43
9	Matthew Smith	Australia	8:22.69

References

1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine