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

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

## Records

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

| World record | Tom Dolan (USA) | 4:12.30 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Tom Dolan (USA) | 4:14.77 | 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 11.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 4:20.47 | QA |
| 2 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 4:21.06 | QA |
| 3 | Trent Steed | Australia | 4:23.97 | QA |
| 4 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 4:24.20 | QA |
| 5 | Steven Brown | United States | 4:24.28 | QA |
| 6 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 4:24.29 | QA |
| 7 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 4:24.56 | QA |
| 8 | Wang Wei | China | 4:26.41 | QA |
| 9 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 4:26.42 | QB |
| 10 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 4:27.71 | QB |
| 11 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 4:28.01 | QB |
| 12 | Oliver Young | New Zealand | 4:28.84 | QB |
| 13 | Tom Dolan | United States | 4:30.11 | QB |
| 14 | Kin Ming Kwok | Hong Kong | 4:30.59 | QB |
| 15 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 4:30.81 | QB |
| 16 | Jo Yoshimi | Japan | 4:32.64 | QB |
| 17 | Lik Sun Fong | Hong Kong | 4:35.37 | |
| 18 | Ben Scott | New Zealand | 4:38.53 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 11.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Steven Brown | United States | 4:24.71 |
| 10 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 4:28.11 |
| 11 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 4:29.02 |
| 12 | Oliver Young | New Zealand | 4:29.19 |
| 13 | Jo Yoshimi | Japan | 4:29.42 |
| 14 | Kin Ming Kwok | Hong Kong | 4:30.14 |
| 15 | Ben Scott | New Zealand | 4:32.67 |
| 16 | Lik Sun Fong | Hong Kong | 4:38.77 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 11.

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 4:16.11 |
| | Curtis Myden | Canada | 4:16.30 |
| | Trent Steed | Australia | 4:21.07 |
| 4 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 4:22.51 |
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh | United States | 4:22.69 |
| 6 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 4:23.63 |
| 7 | Wang Wei | China | 4:25.74 |
| 8 | Philip Weiss | Canada | 4:27.72 |
