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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Eric Wunderlich of US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Fred Deburghgraeve (BEL) | 1:00.60 | Atlanta, United States | July 20, 1996 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Phil Rogers (AUS) | 1:01.56 | Kobe, Japan | August 13, 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 11.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kurt Grote | United States | 1:01.31 | QA, CR |
| 2 | Jarrod Marrs | United States | 1:02.09 | QA |
| 3 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:02.18 | QA |
| 4 | Jeremy Linn | United States | 1:02.27 | QA |
| 5 | Simon Cowley | Australia | 1:02.77 | QA |
| 6 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:02.81 | QA |
| 7 | Yoshiaki Okita | Japan | 1:03.23 | QA |
| 8 | Kwang-Jea Cho | South Korea | 1:03.35 | QA |
| 9 | Michael Norment | United States | 1:03.44 | QB |
| 10 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki | Japan | 1:03.49 | QB |
| 11 | Chikara Nakashita | Japan | 1:03.70 | QB |
| 12 | Andrew Chan | Canada | 1:03.95 | QB |
| 13 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 1:05.59 | QB |
| 14 | Michael Scott | Hong Kong | 1:06.98 | QB |
| 15 | Oleg Pukhnatiy | Uzbekistan | 1:07.35 | QB |
| 16 | Denny Kurniawan | Indonesia | 1:09.29 | QB |
| 17 | Man Pan Chan | Macau | 1:18.80 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 11.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Jeremy Linn | United States | 1:01.88 |
| 10 | Chikara Nakashita | Japan | 1:03.70 |
| 11 | Andrew Chan | Canada | 1:03.77 |
| 12 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 1:06.05 |
| 13 | Michael Scott | Hong Kong | 1:06.31 |
| 14 | Oleg Pukhnatiy | Uzbekistan | 1:07.00 |
| 15 | Denny Kurniawan | Indonesia | 1:09.82 |
| – | Man Pan Chan | Macau | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 11.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kurt Grote | United States | 1:01.22 | CR |
| | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:01.85 | |
| | Jarrod Marrs | United States | 1:02.64 | |
| 4 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki | Japan | 1:02.72 | |
| 5 | Simon Cowley | Australia | 1:02.74 | |
| 6 | Kwang-Jea Cho | South Korea | 1:02.94 | |
| 7 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:02.99 | |
| 8 | Yoshiaki Okita | Japan | 1:03.31 | |
