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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	NISHI Civic Pool
Dates	August 11, 1997 (heats & finals)
Competitors	17 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:01.22
Medalists
Kurt Grote    United States   Phil Rogers    Australia   Jarrod Marrs    United States

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.^[1] The last champion was Eric Wunderlich of US.^[2]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.^[3]

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
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

Heats

The first round was held on August 11.^[1]

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.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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.^[1]

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

References

1. "Results of the 1997 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1997. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
2. "ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history" (PDF). ishof.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2014.
3. "XVI Pan American Games, Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). guadalajara2011.org.mx. October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011.