1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
# 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 3:43.80 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 3:49.43 | Kobe, Japan | August 14, 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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### Heats

The first round was held on August 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 3:52.42 | QA |
| 2 | Chad Carvin | United States | 3:53.11 | QA |
| 3 | John Piersma | United States | 3:53.74 | QA |
| 4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 3:55.10 | QA |
| 5 | Uğur Taner | United States | 3:55.24 | QA |
| 6 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 3:56.59 | QA |
| 7 | Danyon Loader | New Zealand | 3:56.83 | QA |
| 8 | Jason Samuelson | Australia | 3:56.96 | QA |
| 9 | Tyler Painter | United States | 3:57.15 | QB |
| 10 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | Thailand | 3:57.26 | QB |
| 11 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 3:57.60 | QB |
| 12 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 3:57.68 | QB |
| 13 | Hisato Yasui | Japan | 3:57.78 | QB |
| 14 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 3:58.01 | QB |
| 15 | Tom Malchow | United States | 3:58.54 | QB |
| 16 | Michael McWha | Canada | 3:59.03 | QB |
| 17 | Scott Cameron | New Zealand | 4:02.41 | |
| 18 | Woo Chul | South Korea | 4:02.58 | |
| 19 | Kwok Kin Ming | Hong Kong | 4:02.59 | |
| 20 | Matthew Smith | Australia | 4:02.72 | |
| 21 | Brent Sallee | Canada | 4:04.24 | |
| 22 | Liam Weseloh | Canada | 4:06.23 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Uğur Taner | United States | 3:53.59 |
| 10 | Jason Samuelson | Australia | 3:56.02 |
| 11 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 3:56.55 |
| 12 | Michael McWha | Canada | 3:56.96 |
| 13 | Scott Cameron | New Zealand | 3:59.59 |
| 14 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 3:59.72 |
| 15 | Hisato Yasui | Japan | 4:00.52 |
| 15 | Woo Chul | South Korea | 4:00.52 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 12.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Grant Hackett | Australia | 3:47.27 | CR |
| | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 3:49.64 | |
| | Chad Carvin | United States | 3:50.40 | |
| 4 | John Piersma | United States | 3:51.81 | |
| 5 | Danyon Loader | New Zealand | 3:54.10 | |
| 6 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 3:54.58 | |
| 7 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 3:55.37 | |
| 8 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | Thailand | 3:55.84 | |
