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


The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Jeff Rouse of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record53.86Barcelona, SpainJuly 31, 1992
Pan Pacific Championships record54.67Edmonton, CanadaAugust 22, 1991

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lenny Krayzelburg54.97QA
2Neil Walker55.42QA
3Mark Versfeld55.69QA
4Brad Bridgewater56.09QA
5Ricardo Busquets56.38QA
6Adrian Radley56.39QA
7Keitaro Konnai56.83QA
8Wang Wei56.89QA
9Takafumi Ohishi57.00QB
10Dustin Hersee57.04QB
11Hajime Itoi57.15QB
12Robert van der Zant57.23QB
12Ray Hass57.24QB
14Tate Blahnik57.29QB
15Tane Strickland58.30QB
16Juan Rodela58.62QB
17Ross Dunwoody58.65

B Final

The B final was held on August 10.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Brad Bridgewater55.71
10Dustin Hersee57.07
11Hajime Itoi57.20
12Ray Hass57.27
13Robert van der Zant57.58
14Ross Dunwoody58.15
15Tane Strickland58.67
16Juan Rodela58.88

A Final

The A final was held on August 10.
RankLaneNationalityTimeNotes
Lenny Krayzelburg54.43CR
Neil Walker55.27
Mark Versfeld55.55
4Adrian Radley56.15
5Keitaro Konnai56.29
6Wang Wei56.30
7Ricardo Busquets56.35
8Takafumi Ohishi56.94