1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Gary Hall, Jr. of US.

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.

## Records

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

| World record | Tom Jager (USA) | 21.81 | Nashville, United States | March 24, 1990 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Tom Jager (USA) | 22.12 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |

## 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 |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 13.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.39 | QA |
| 2 | David Fox | United States | 22.54 | QA |
| 3 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.65 | QA |
| 4 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 22.79 | QA |
| 4 | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.79 | QA |
| 6 | Michael Klim | Australia | 22.99 | QA |
| 7 | Scott Tucker | United States | 23.01 | QA |
| 7 | Jon Olsen | United States | 23.01 | QA |
| 9 | Scott Logan | Australia | 23.02 | QB |
| 10 | Josh Davis | United States | 23.11 | QB |
| 11 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | Japan | 23.17 | QB |
| 12 | Craig Hutchison | Canada | 23.23 | QB |
| 13 | Sion Brinn | Jamaica | 23.29 | QB |
| 14 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 23.52 | QB |
| 14 | Brad Schumacher | United States | 23.52 | QB |
| 16 | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 23.67 | QB |
| 17 | Uğur Taner | United States | 23.83 | |
| 18 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 23.84 | |
| 19 | Nicholas Tongue | New Zealand | 23.87 | |
| 20 | Richard Upton | Australia | 23.92 | |
| 21 | Derrick Bollinger | Guam | 23.95 | |
| 22 | John Steel | New Zealand | 23.96 | |
| 23 | Junya Kawakami | Japan | 23.99 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 13.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.74 |
| 10 | Sion Brinn | Jamaica | 23.34 |
| 11 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 23.50 |
| 12 | Richard Upton | Australia | 23.75 |
| 13 | Nicholas Tongue | New Zealand | 23.81 |
| 14 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 24.11 |
| 15 | John Steel | New Zealand | 24.20 |
| - | Derrick Bollinger | Guam | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 13.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.42 |
| | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 22.42 |
| | David Fox | United States | 22.69 |
| 4 | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.79 |
| 5 | Scott Logan | Australia | 22.91 |
| 6 | Michael Klim | Australia | 22.93 |
| 7 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | Japan | 22.98 |
| 8 | Craig Hutchison | Canada | 23.18 |
