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

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Tripp Schwenk of US.

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

## Records

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

| World record | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | 1:56.57 | Tuscaloosa, United States | November 23, 1991 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Tripp Schwenk (USA) | 1:58.87 | Atlanta, United States | August 12, 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 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 1:59.84 | QA |
| 2 | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 2:00.19 | QA |
| 3 | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 2:00.31 | QA |
| 4 | Wang Wei | China | 2:00.94 | QA |
| 5 | Josh Davis | United States | 2:01.01 | QA |
| 6 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 2:02.14 | QA |
| 7 | Ji Sang-jun | South Korea | 2:02.43 | QA |
| 8 | Tate Blahnik | United States | 2:02.59 | QA |
| 9 | Adrian Radley | Australia | 2:02.88 | QB |
| 10 | Ray Hass | Australia | 2:03.45 | QB |
| 11 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 2:03.49 | QB |
| 12 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 2:04.03 | QB |
| 13 | Takafumi Ohishi | Japan | 2:05.15 | QB |
| 14 | Zane King | Australia | 2:06.75 | QB |
| 15 | Juan Rodela | Mexico | 2:08.65 | QB |
| 16 | Ross Dunwoody | New Zealand | 2:10.56 | QB |
| 17 | Lik Sun Fong | Hong Kong | 2:11.04 | |
| 18 | Felix Sutanto | Indonesia | 2:12.81 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Josh Davis | United States | 2:00.71 |
| 10 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 2:02.97 |
| 11 | Keitaro Konnai | Japan | 2:03.42 |
| 12 | Takafumi Ohishi | Japan | 2:04.83 |
| 13 | Juan Rodela | Mexico | 2:08.22 |
| 14 | Lik Sun Fong | Hong Kong | 2:10.54 |
| 15 | Ross Dunwoody | New Zealand | 2:10.73 |
| – | Felix Sutanto | Indonesia | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lenny Krayzelburg | United States | 1:57.87 | CR |
| | Mark Versfeld | Canada | 1:59.61 | NR |
| | Brad Bridgewater | United States | 2:00.04 | |
| 4 | Wang Wei | China | 2:00.50 | |
| 5 | Dustin Hersee | Canada | 2:01.57 | |
| 6 | Adrian Radley | Australia | 2:02.44 | |
| 7 | Ray Hass | Australia | 2:02.81 | |
| 8 | Ji Sang-jun | South Korea | 2:03.12 | |
