1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool.[1] The last champion was Tripp Schwenk of US.[2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 12, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	18 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:57.87
Medalists
Lenny Krayzelburg    United States   Mark Versfeld    Canada   Brad Bridgewater    United States

This race consisted of four 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	Martin López-Zubero (ESP)	1:56.57	Tuscaloosa, United States	November 23, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Tripp Schwenk (USA)	1:58.87	Atlanta, United States	August 12, 1991

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

The first round was held on August 12.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:59.84	QA
2	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.19	QA
3	Mark Versfeld	Canada	2:00.31	QA
4	Wang Wei	China	2:00.94	QA
5	Josh Davis	United States	2:01.01	QA
6	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:02.14	QA
7	Ji Sang-jun	South Korea	2:02.43	QA
8	Tate Blahnik	United States	2:02.59	QA
9	Adrian Radley	Australia	2:02.88	QB
10	Ray Hass	Australia	2:03.45	QB
11	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:03.49	QB
12	Hajime Itoi	Japan	2:04.03	QB
13	Takafumi Ohishi	Japan	2:05.15	QB
14	Zane King	Australia	2:06.75	QB
15	Juan Rodela	Mexico	2:08.65	QB
16	Ross Dunwoody	New Zealand	2:10.56	QB
17	Lik Sun Fong	Hong Kong	2:11.04
18	Felix Sutanto	Indonesia	2:12.81

B Final

The B final was held on August 12.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Josh Davis	United States	2:00.71
10	Hajime Itoi	Japan	2:02.97
11	Keitaro Konnai	Japan	2:03.42
12	Takafumi Ohishi	Japan	2:04.83
13	Juan Rodela	Mexico	2:08.22
14	Lik Sun Fong	Hong Kong	2:10.54
15	Ross Dunwoody	New Zealand	2:10.73
–	Felix Sutanto	Indonesia	DNS

A Final

The A final was held on August 12.[1]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	1:57.87	CR
	Mark Versfeld	Canada	1:59.61	NR
	Brad Bridgewater	United States	2:00.04
4	Wang Wei	China	2:00.50
5	Dustin Hersee	Canada	2:01.57
6	Adrian Radley	Australia	2:02.44
7	Ray Hass	Australia	2:02.81
8	Ji Sang-jun	South Korea	2:03.12

References

1. "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.