1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.

## Records

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

| World record | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 52.27 | Atlanta, United States | July 24, 1996 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Scott Miller (AUS) | 53.07 | Atlanta, United States | August 12, 1995 |

## 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 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neil Walker | United States | 53.04 | QA, CR |
| 2 | Michael Klim | Australia | 53.12 | QA |
| 3 | Nate Dusing | United States | 53.13 | QA |
| 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 53.99 | QA |
| 5 | John Hargis | United States | 54.00 | QA |
| 6 | Scott Goodman | Australia | 54.02 | QA |
| 7 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 54.05 | QA |
| 8 | Stephen Clarke | Canada | 54.36 | QA |
| 9 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 54.48 | QB |
| 10 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 54.53 | QB |
| 11 | Junya Kawakami | Japan | 54.64 | QB |
| 12 | Yukihiro Matsushita | Japan | 55.15 | QB |
| 13 | Steven Brown | United States | 55.45 | QB |
| 14 | Casey Barrett | Canada | 55.97 | QB |
| 15 | Sergio Garza | Mexico | 56.08 | QB |
| 16 | Jiang Chengji | China | 56.15 | QB |
| 17 | Nicholas Sheeran | New Zealand | 56.21 | |
| 18 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 56.30 | |
| 19 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 56.31 | |
| 20 | John Steel | New Zealand | 56.50 | |
| 21 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 56.82 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | John Hargis | United States | 54.50 |
| 10 | Junya Kawakami | Japan | 54.82 |
| 11 | Yukihiro Matsushita | Japan | 55.47 |
| 12 | John Steel | New Zealand | 55.64 |
| 13 | Sergio Garza | Mexico | 56.11 |
| 14 | Casey Barrett | Canada | 56.19 |
| 15 | Nicholas Sheeran | New Zealand | 57.08 |
| - | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Neil Walker | United States | 52.76 | CR |
| | Michael Klim | Australia | 52.94 | |
| | Nate Dusing | United States | 53.26 | |
| 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 53.56 | |
| 5 | Scott Goodman | Australia | 54.18 | |
| 6 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 54.19 | |
| 7 | Stephen Clarke | Canada | 54.54 | |
| 8 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 54.58 | |
