The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Tripp Schwenk of US.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:56.57Tuscaloosa, United StatesNovember 23, 1991Pan Pacific Championships record1:58.87Atlanta, United StatesAugust 12, 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 12.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lenny Krayzelburg 1:59.84 QA 2 Brad Bridgewater 2:00.19 QA 3 Mark Versfeld 2:00.31 QA 4 Wang Wei 2:00.94 QA 5 Josh Davis 2:01.01 QA 6 Dustin Hersee 2:02.14 QA 7 Ji Sang-jun 2:02.43 QA 8 Tate Blahnik 2:02.59 QA 9 Adrian Radley 2:02.88 QB 10 Ray Hass 2:03.45 QB 11 Keitaro Konnai 2:03.49 QB 12 Hajime Itoi 2:04.03 QB 13 Takafumi Ohishi 2:05.15 QB 14 Zane King 2:06.75 QB 15 Juan Rodela 2:08.65 QB 16 Ross Dunwoody 2:10.56 QB 17 Lik Sun Fong 2:11.04 18 Felix Sutanto 2:12.81
B Final The B final was held on August 12.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Josh Davis 2:00.71 10 Hajime Itoi 2:02.97 11 Keitaro Konnai 2:03.42 12 Takafumi Ohishi 2:04.83 13 Juan Rodela 2:08.22 14 Lik Sun Fong 2:10.54 15 Ross Dunwoody 2:10.73 – Felix Sutanto DNS
A Final The A final was held on August 12. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Lenny Krayzelburg 1:57.87 CR Mark Versfeld 1:59.61 NR Brad Bridgewater 2:00.04 4 Wang Wei 2:00.50 5 Dustin Hersee 2:01.57 6 Adrian Radley 2:02.44 7 Ray Hass 2:02.81 8 Ji Sang-jun 2:03.12
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