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.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.Swimming technical manual
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:55.22Canet-en-Roussillon, FranceJune 14, 1995Pan Pacific Championships record1:57.86Atlanta, United StatesAugust 10, 1995
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.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Uğur Taner 1:57.94 QA 2 Tom Malchow 1:58.29 QA 3 Scott Goodman 1:58.62 QA 4 Steven Brown 1:59.34 QA 5 Nate Dusing 1:59.50 QA 6 Casey Barrett 2:00.54 QA 7 Tom Wilkens 2:01.29 QA 8 Takashi Yamamoto 2:01.30 QA 9 Edward Parenti 2:01.84 QB 10 Philip Weiss 2:01.91 QB 11 Han Kyu-chul 2:01.94 QB 12 Greg Shaw 2:02.18 QB 13 Theo Verster 2:02.61 QB 14 Hisayoshi Tanaka 2:03.30 QB 15 Trent Steed 2:03.36 QB 16 Juan Veloz 2:03.80 QB 17 Kin Ming Kwok 2:04.08 18 Junya Kawakami 2:04.14
B Final The B final was held on August 10.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Steven Brown 1:59.76 10 Philip Weiss 2:01.78 11 Hisayoshi Tanaka 2:01.86 12 Theo Verster 2:02.68 13 Trent Steed 2:03.42 14 Kin Ming Kwok 2:03.73 15 Juan Veloz 2:04.40
A Final The A final was held on August 10. Rank Lane Nationality Time Notes Uğur Taner 1:57.35 CR Tom Malchow 1:57.71 Scott Goodman 1:58.34 4 Takashi Yamamoto 1:59.52 5 Casey Barrett 2:00.83 6 Han Kyu-chul 2:00.87 7 Edward Parenti 2:01.57 8 Greg Shaw 2:01.75
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