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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 1:55.22 | Canet-en-Roussillon, France | June 14, 1995 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Scott Miller (AUS) | 1:57.86 | 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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### Heats

The first round was held on August 10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:57.94 | QA |
| 2 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:58.29 | QA |
| 3 | Scott Goodman | Australia | 1:58.62 | QA |
| 4 | Steven Brown | United States | 1:59.34 | QA |
| 5 | Nate Dusing | United States | 1:59.50 | QA |
| 6 | Casey Barrett | Canada | 2:00.54 | QA |
| 7 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.29 | QA |
| 8 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 2:01.30 | QA |
| 9 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 2:01.84 | QB |
| 10 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 2:01.91 | QB |
| 11 | Han Kyu-chul | South Korea | 2:01.94 | QB |
| 12 | Greg Shaw | Australia | 2:02.18 | QB |
| 13 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:02.61 | QB |
| 14 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 2:03.30 | QB |
| 15 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:03.36 | QB |
| 16 | Juan Veloz | Mexico | 2:03.80 | QB |
| 17 | Kin Ming Kwok | Hong Kong | 2:04.08 | |
| 18 | Junya Kawakami | Japan | 2:04.14 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Steven Brown | United States | 1:59.76 |
| 10 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 2:01.78 |
| 11 | Hisayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 2:01.86 |
| 12 | Theo Verster | South Africa | 2:02.68 |
| 13 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:03.42 |
| 14 | Kin Ming Kwok | Hong Kong | 2:03.73 |
| 15 | Juan Veloz | Mexico | 2:04.40 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 10.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:57.35 | CR |
| | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:57.71 | |
| | Scott Goodman | Australia | 1:58.34 | |
| 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:59.52 | |
| 5 | Casey Barrett | Canada | 2:00.83 | |
| 6 | Han Kyu-chul | South Korea | 2:00.87 | |
| 7 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 2:01.57 | |
| 8 | Greg Shaw | Australia | 2:01.75 | |
