1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Akira Hayashi of Japan.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:10.16 | Barcelona, Spain | July 29, 1992 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:11.96 | Edmonton, Canada | August 25, 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 |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 13.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:15.67 | QA |
| 2 | Kurt Grote | United States | 2:16.06 | QA |
| 3 | Chikara Nakashita | Japan | 2:16.36 | QA |
| 3 | Yoshiaki Okita | Japan | 2:16.36 | QA |
| 5 | Simon Cowley | Australia | 2:16.63 | QA |
| 6 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 2:17.10 | QA |
| 6 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 2:17.10 | QA |
| 8 | Michael Norment | United States | 2:17.94 | QA |
| 9 | Andrew Chan | Canada | 2:17.99 | QB |
| 10 | Jarrod Marrs | United States | 2:18.25 | QB |
| 11 | Jeremy Linn | United States | 2:19.29 | QB |
| 12 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki | Japan | 2:20.76 | QB |
| 13 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 2:20.88 | QB |
| 14 | Michael Scott | Hong Kong | 2:27.77 | QB |
| 15 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:30.24 | QB |
| 16 | Denny Kurniawan | Indonesia | 2:32.74 | QB |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 13.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki | Japan | 2:18.48 |
| 10 | Michael Norment | United States | 2:18.70 |
| 11 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 2:23.08 |
| 12 | Michael Scott | Hong Kong | 2:25.30 |
| 13 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:26.78 |
| 14 | Denny Kurniawan | Indonesia | 2:31.27 |
| – | Jarrod Marrs | United States | DNS |
| – | Jeremy Linn | United States | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 13.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kurt Grote | United States | 2:14.05 |
| | Yoshiaki Okita | Japan | 2:14.59 |
| | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:14.80 |
| 4 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 2:14.81 |
| 5 | Chikara Nakashita | Japan | 2:14.97 |
| 6 | Simon Cowley | Australia | 2:15.36 |
| 7 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 2:16.73 |
| 8 | Andrew Chan | Canada | 2:17.59 |
