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{{Infobox swimming meet
| name           = 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
| image          = 
| imagesize      = 
| hostcity       = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]
| dates          = August 10–13, 1997
| venues         = 
| teams          = 
| nations        = 17
| athletes       = 
| events         = 
| footnotes      = 
| previous       = [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995]]
| next           = [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999]]
}}
{{1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships}}

The seventh edition of the '''[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]]''', a long course (50&nbsp;m) event, was held in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], [[Japan]], from August 10&ndash;13, 1997.<ref>{{cite web | title = 1997 Pan Pacific Results | work = Archive | date = August 14, 1997 | url = https://archive.org/stream/swimnewsn232/swimnewsn232_djvu.txt |accessdate = March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |title=ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202854/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-10 |access-date=}}</ref>

==Competing nations==
{|
|-valign="top"
|width=150|
*{{AUS}}
*{{CAN}}
*{{CHN}}
*{{TPE}}
*{{CRC}}
*{{GUM}}
|width=150|
*{{HKG}}
*{{JAM}}
*{{JPN}}
*{{KOR}}
*{{MEX}}
*{{NZL}}
|width=150|
*{{PUR}}
*{{RSA}}
*{{THA}}
*{{USA}}
*{{UZB}}
|}

==Results==
===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|50&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bill Pilczuk]]|USA}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Ricardo Busquets]]|PUR}} ||22.42
|colspan=2 {{Not awarded}}
|{{flagathlete|[[David Fox (swimmer)|David Fox]]|USA}} ||22.69
|-
|100&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Klim]]|AUS}} ||49.46 '''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OC]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]]|USA}} ||49.57
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricardo Busquets]]|PUR}} ||49.94
|-
|200&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Klim]]|AUS}} ||1:47.60 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Josh Davis (swimmer)|Josh Davis]]|USA}} ||1:48.17
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Bray (swimmer)|Trent Bray]]|NZL}} ||1:49.27
|-
|400&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Hackett]]|AUS}} ||3:47.27 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ian Thorpe]]|AUS}} ||3:49.64
|{{flagathlete|[[Chad Carvin]]|USA}} ||3:50.40
|-
|800&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Hackett]]|AUS}} ||7:50.30
|{{flagathlete|[[Chad Carvin]]|USA}} ||7:57.82
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyler Painter]]|USA}} ||8:01.17
|-
|1500&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Hackett]]|AUS}} ||15:13.25
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyler Painter]]|USA}} ||15:17.01
|{{flagathlete|[[Chad Carvin]]|USA}} ||15:17.18
|-
| || || || || || || 
|-
|100&nbsp;m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lenny Krayzelburg]]|USA}} ||54.43 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]]|USA}} ||55.27
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Versfeld]]|CAN}} ||55.55
|-
|200&nbsp;m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lenny Krayzelburg]]|USA}} ||1:57.87 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Versfeld]]|CAN}} ||1:59.61 '''[[List of Canadian records in swimming|NR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Brad Bridgewater]]|USA}} ||2:00.04
|-
| || || || || || || 
|-
|100&nbsp;m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kurt Grote]]|USA}} ||1:01.22 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Phil Rogers]]|AUS}} ||1:01.85
|{{flagathlete|[[Jarrod Marrs]]|USA}} ||1:02.64
|-
|200&nbsp;m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kurt Grote]]|USA}} ||2:14.05
|{{flagathlete|[[Yoshiaki Okita]]|JPN}} ||2:14.59
|{{flagathlete|[[Tom Wilkens]]|USA}} ||2:14.80
|-
| || || || || || || 
|-
|100&nbsp;m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]]|USA}} ||52.76 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]''', '''[[List of Americas records in swimming|AM]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Klim]]|AUS}} ||52.94
|{{flagathlete|[[Nate Dusing]]|USA}} ||53.26
|-
|200&nbsp;m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Uğur Taner]]|USA}} ||1:57.35 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tom Malchow]]|USA}} ||1:57.71
|{{flagathlete|[[Scott Goodman]]|AUS}} ||1:58.34
|-
| || || || || || || 
|-
|200&nbsp;m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Dunn (swimmer)|Matthew Dunn]]|AUS}} ||2:01.14
|{{flagathlete|[[Curtis Myden]]|CAN}} ||2:01.83
|{{flagathlete|[[Ron Karnaugh]]|USA}} ||2:02.25
|-
|400&nbsp;m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Dunn (swimmer)|Matthew Dunn]]|AUS}} ||4:16.11 '''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OC]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Curtis Myden]]|CAN}} ||4:16.30
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Steed]]|AUS}} ||4:21.07
|-
| || || || || || || 
|-
|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Scott Tucker (swimmer)|Scott Tucker]] (49.86)<br />[[Brad Schumacher]] (49.66)<br />[[Jon Olsen]] (49.69)<br />[[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]] (48.97) ||3:18.18
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Michael Klim]] (49.15) '''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OC]]'''<br />[[Richard Upton]] (50.11)<br />[[Scott Logan (swimmer)|Scott Logan]] (50.21)<br />[[Ian van der Wal]] (49.86) ||3:19.33<br />'''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OC]]'''
|{{NZL}}<br />[[John Steel (swimmer)|John Steel]] (51.16)<br />[[Nicholas Tongue]] (50.55)<br />[[Danyon Loader]] (51.01)<br />[[Trent Bray (swimmer)|Trent Bray]] (49.77) ||3:22.49
|-
|4×200&nbsp;m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Chad Carvin]] (1:48.26)<br />[[Tom Malchow]] (1:50.04)<br />[[Uğur Taner]] (1:48.34)<br />[[Josh Davis (swimmer)|Josh Davis]] (1:47.35) ||7:13.99 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Michael Klim]] (1:47.56)<br />[[Ian Thorpe]] (1:50.86)<br />[[Ian van der Wal]] (1:49.35)<br />[[Grant Hackett]] (1:47.95) ||7:15.72
|{{NZL}}<br />[[Trent Bray (swimmer)|Trent Bray]] (1:50.24)<br />[[Scott Cameron (swimmer)|Scott Cameron]] (1:52.72)<br />[[Nicholas Tongue]] (1:53.99)<br />[[Danyon Loader]] (1:51.38) ||7:28.33
|-
|4×100&nbsp;m medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Lenny Krayzelburg]] (54.74)<br />[[Kurt Grote]] (1:00.59)<br />[[Nate Dusing]] (52.67)<br />[[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]] (49.03) ||3:36.93 '''[[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|CR]]'''
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Adrian Radley]] (56.01)<br />[[Phil Rogers]] (1:01.78)<br />[[Scott Goodman]] (53.34)<br />[[Michael Klim]] (48.60) ||3:39.73
|{{CAN}}<br />[[Mark Versfeld]] (56.35)<br />[[Morgan Knabe]] (1:04.28)<br />[[Edward Parenti]] (53.92)<br />[[Stephen Clarke (swimmer)|Stephen Clarke]] (49.53) ||3:43.98
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''WR''' – [[List of world records in swimming|World record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CR''' – [[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|Championship record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CWR''' – [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|Commonwealth record]];}} {{nowrap|'''NR''' – National record}}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|50&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Le Jingyi]]|CHN}} ||25.24
|{{flagathlete|[[Jenny Thompson]]|USA}} ||25.42
|{{flagathlete|[[Nicole De Man]]|USA}} ||25.66
|-
|100&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jenny Thompson]]|USA}} ||54.82
|{{flagathlete|[[Le Jingyi]]|CHN}} ||54.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Catherine Fox]]|USA}} ||56.07
|-
|200&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Poll]]|CRC}} ||1:57.48
|{{flagathlete|[[Le Jingyi]]|CHN}} ||2:00.54
|{{flagathlete|[[Joanne Malar]]|CAN}} ||2:01.12
|-
|400&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Poll]]|CRC}} ||4:06.56
|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Bennett]]|USA}} ||4:09.77
|{{flagathlete|[[Diana Munz]]|USA}} ||4:14.03
|-
|800&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Bennett]]|USA}} ||8:26.36
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Poll]]|CRC}} ||8:29.05
|{{flagathlete|[[Diana Munz]]|USA}} ||8:29.06
|-
|1500&nbsp;m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Bennett]]|USA}} ||16:10.24
|{{flagathlete|[[Diana Munz]]|USA}} ||16.17.06
|{{flagathlete|[[Erica Rose (swimmer)|Erica Rose]]|USA}}<ref>Medal awarded to number five in the final ranking, [[Brooke Townsend]] (16:53.25) of [[Australia]], due to meet rule that one country can only win two medals per event.</ref> ||16:29.06
|-
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|-
|100&nbsp;m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer)|Mai Nakamura]]|JPN}} ||1:01.13
|{{flagathlete|[[Lea Maurer]]|USA}} ||1:01.35
|{{flagathlete|[[Catherine Fox]]|USA}} ||1:01.83
|-
|200&nbsp;m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer)|Mai Nakamura]]|JPN}} ||2:11.40
|{{flagathlete|[[Lea Maurer]]|USA}} ||2:12.25
|{{flagathlete|[[Miki Nakao]]|JPN}} ||2:12.80
|-
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|-
|100&nbsp;m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Samantha Riley]]|AUS}} ||1:07.81
|{{flagathlete|[[Penny Heyns]]|RSA}} ||1:08.85
|{{flagathlete|[[Kristy Kowal]]|USA}} ||1:09.18
|-
|200&nbsp;m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Samantha Riley]]|AUS}} ||2:25.34
|{{flagathlete|[[Masami Tanaka]]|JPN}} ||2:29.66
|{{flagathlete|[[Lauren van Oosten]]|CAN}} ||2:29.83
|-
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|-
|100&nbsp;m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jenny Thompson]]|USA}} ||59.00
|{{flagathlete|[[Ayari Aoyama]]|JPN}} ||59.35
|{{flagathlete|[[Can Huijue]]|CHN}} ||59.64
|-
|200&nbsp;m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Susie O'Neill]]|AUS}} ||2:08.59
|{{flagathlete|[[Kristine Quance]]|USA}} ||2:09.29
|{{flagathlete|[[Misty Hyman]]|USA}} ||2:11.53
|-
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|-
|200&nbsp;m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kristine Quance]]|USA}} ||2:13.79
|{{flagathlete|[[Marianne Limpert]]|CAN}} ||2:14.91
|{{flagathlete|[[Joanne Malar]]|CAN}} ||2:16.17
|-
|400&nbsp;m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kristine Quance]]|USA}} ||4:39.61
|{{flagathlete|[[Maddy Crippen]]|USA}} ||4:43.20
|{{flagathlete|[[Joanne Malar]]|CAN}} ||4:44.17
|-
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|-
|4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Catherine Fox]] (55.80)<br />[[Melanie Valerio]] (56.23)<br />[[Nicole De Man]] (56.35)<br />[[Jenny Thompson]] (55.39) ||3:43.77
|{{CAN}}<br />[[Shannon Shakespeare]] (56.73)<br />[[Nicole Davey]] (57.06)<br />[[Marianne Limpert]] (56.84)<br />[[Laura Nicholls (swimmer)|Laura Nicholls]] (55.94) ||3:46.57
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Sarah Ryan]] (56.53)<br />[[Susie O'Neill]] (56.24)<br />[[Kate Godfrey]] (57.42)<br />[[Nadine Neumann]] (57.30) ||3:47.49
|-
|4×200&nbsp;m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Lindsay Benko]] (2:01.81)<br />[[Ashley Whitney]] (2:02.81)<br />[[Jamie Cail]] (2:01.52)<br />[[Jenny Thompson]] (2:01.68) ||8:07.82
|{{CAN}}<br />[[Jessica Deglau]] (2:01.98)<br />[[Karine Chevrier]] (2:02.18)<br />[[Andrea Schwartz]] (2:02.84)<br />[[Joanne Malar]] (2:01.85) ||8:08.85
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Susie O'Neill]] (2:01.26)<br />[[Sarah Ryan]] (2:05.59)<br />[[Kate Godfrey]] (2:04.17)<br />[[Nadine Neumann]] (2:02.90) ||8:13.92
|-
|4×100&nbsp;m medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink|1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
|{{USA}}<br />[[Lea Maurer]] (1:01.52)<br />[[Kristy Kowal]] (1:08.52)<br />[[Richelle Fox]] (59.73)<br />[[Jenny Thompson]] (54.50) ||4:04.27
|{{AUS}}<br />[[Meredith Smith (swimmer)|Meredith Smith]] (1:03.55)<br />[[Samantha Riley]] (1:07.10)<br />[[Susie O'Neill]] (59.87)<br />[[Sarah Ryan]] (55.20) ||4:05.72
|{{JPN}}<br />[[Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer)|Mai Nakamura]] (1:01.42)<br />[[Junko Isoda]] (1:10.99)<br />[[Ayari Aoyama]] (59.50)<br />[[Sumika Minamoto]] (55.92) ||4:07.83
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''WR''' – [[List of world records in swimming|World record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CR''' – [[List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming|Championship record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CWR''' – [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|Commonwealth record]];}} {{nowrap|'''NR''' – National record}}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        =
 | host           =
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 | event          =
 | team           =
 | gold_USA = 19 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 17
 | gold_AUS = 10 | silver_AUS = 7 | bronze_AUS = 4
 | gold_JPN = 2  | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 2
 | gold_CRC = 2  | silver_CRC = 1 | bronze_CRC = 0
 | gold_CHN = 1  | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_PUR = 1  | silver_PUR = 0 | bronze_PUR = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0  | silver_CAN = 6 | bronze_CAN = 6
 | gold_RSA = 0  | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 0
 | gold_NZL = 0  | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 3
}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.gbrsports.com/sport/swimppc.htm Results on GBRSports.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100612103915/http://swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=2530722 swimrankings]

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