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

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Jeff Rouse of US.

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

## Records

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

| World record | Jeff Rouse (USA) | 53.86 | Barcelona, Spain | July 31, 1992 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Jeff Rouse (USA) | 54.67 | Edmonton, Canada | August 22, 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 10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 54.97 | QA |
| 2 | Neil Walker | United States | 55.42 | QA |
| 3 | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 55.69 | QA |
| 4 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 56.09 | QA |
| 5 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 56.38 | QA |
| 6 | Adrian Radley | Australia | 56.39 | QA |
| 7 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 56.83 | QA |
| 8 | Wang Wei | China | 56.89 | QA |
| 9 | Takafumi Ohishi | Japan | 57.00 | QB |
| 10 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 57.04 | QB |
| 11 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 57.15 | QB |
| 12 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 57.23 | QB |
| 12 | Ray Hass | Australia | 57.24 | QB |
| 14 | Tate Blahnik | United States | 57.29 | QB |
| 15 | Tane Strickland | New Zealand | 58.30 | QB |
| 16 | Juan Rodela | Mexico | 58.62 | QB |
| 17 | Ross Dunwoody | New Zealand | 58.65 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 55.71 |
| 10 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 57.07 |
| 11 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 57.20 |
| 12 | Ray Hass | Australia | 57.27 |
| 13 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 57.58 |
| 14 | Ross Dunwoody | New Zealand | 58.15 |
| 15 | Tane Strickland | New Zealand | 58.67 |
| 16 | Juan Rodela | Mexico | 58.88 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 10.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 54.43 | CR |
| | Neil Walker | United States | 55.27 | |
| | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 55.55 | |
| 4 | Adrian Radley | Australia | 56.15 | |
| 5 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 56.29 | |
| 6 | Wang Wei | China | 56.30 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 56.35 | |
| 8 | Takafumi Ohishi | Japan | 56.94 | |
