The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World recordDmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)7:11.95Barcelona, SpainJuly 27, 1992Pan Pacific Championships recordMalcolm Allen (1:50.13)Glen Housman (1:48.57)Matthew Dunn (1:48.74)Daniel Kowalski (1:50.08)7:17.52Atlanta, United StatesAugust 11, 1995
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.
Final The final was held on August 11. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chad Carvin (1:48.26) Tom Malchow (1:50.04) Uğur Taner (1:48.34) Josh Davis (1:47.35) 7:13.99 CR Michael Klim (1:47.56) Ian Thorpe (1:50.86) Ian van der Wal (1:49.35) Grant Hackett (1:47.95) 7:15.72 Trent Bray (1:50.24) Scott Cameron (1:52.72) Nicholas Tongue (1:53.99) Danyon Loader (1:51.38) 7:28.33 4 Shunsuke Ito (1:52.25) Yukihiro Matsushita (1:54.25) Masato Hirano (1:52.46) Yosuke Ichikawa (1:50.17) 7:29.13 5 Mark Johnston (1:52.15) Stephen Clarke (1:52.60) Edward Parenti (1:52.97) Curtis Myden (1:51.97) 7:29.69 6 - - - - 7:51.32 7 - - - - 7:53.31
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