1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Daniel Kowalski 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) | 7:46.00 | Victoria, Canada | August 24, 1994 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 7:50.28 | Atlanta, United States | August 10, 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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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Grant Hackett | Australia | 7:50.30 |
| | Chad Carvin | United States | 7:57.82 |
| | Tyler Painter | United States | 8:01.17 |
| 4 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 8:06.81 |
| 5 | Tim Siciliano | United States | 8:07.31 |
| 6 | Jason Samuelson | Australia | 8:08.80 |
| 7 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | Thailand | 8:11.02 |
| 8 | Hisato Yasui | Japan | 8:19.43 |
| 9 | Matthew Smith | Australia | 8:22.69 |
