1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.^[2]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.^[3]

Records

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

World record		1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:02.59	QA
2			2:02.89	QA
3			2:03.27	QA
4			2:03.60	QA
5			2:03.91	QA
6			2:04.44	QA
7			2:04.46	QA
8			2:05.06	QA
9			2:05.10	QB
10			2:05.12	QB
11			2:05.42	QB
12			2:05.85	QB
13			2:05.95	QB
14			2:06.26	QB
15			2:06.33	QB
16			2:06.50	QB
17			2:06.57
18			2:08.11
19			2:10.34
20			2:12.07

B Final

The B final was held on August 13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			2:03.95
10			2:04.18
11			2:05.23
12			2:05.73
13			2:05.92
14			2:08.28
15			2:08.37
16			2:10.99

A Final

The A final was held on August 13.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:01.14
			2:01.83
	Ron Karnaugh		2:02.25
4			2:02.90
5			2:03.02
6			2:04.58
7			2:04.91
8			2:04.94

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1997 . July 27, 2014.
2. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .