1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Kieren Perkins of Australia.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

## Records

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

| World record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | August 24, 1994 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:55.92 | Kobe, Japan | August 15, 1993 |

## 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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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Grant Hackett | Australia | 15:13.25 |
| | Tyler Painter | United States | 15:17.01 |
| | Chad Carvin | United States | 15:17.18 |
| 4 | Hisato Yasui | Japan | 15:34.93 |
| 5 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | Thailand | 15:38.45 |
| 6 | Michael McWha | Canada | 15:40.20 |
| 7 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 15:40.88 |
| 8 | Brent Sallee | Canada | 15:42.20 |
