2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^{[1] [2] [3]} The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.^{[4] [5]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		1:51.92	Rome, Italy	July 31, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:54.44	Victoria, Canada	August 19, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:31.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			1:55.26	QA
2	2	5			1:55.56	QA
3	3	5	Aaron Peirsol		1:56.22	QA
4	3	4	Ryosuke Irie		1:56.65	QA
5	3	3	Ashley Delaney		1:58.12	QA
6	1	6	Gareth Kean		1:58.62	QA
7	1	4	George Du Rand		1:58.69	QA
8	1	5			1:59.16	QA
9	1	2	Tobias Oriwol		1:59.56	QB
10	3	7	Charles Francis		1:59.63	QB
11	1	3	Kuninori Tada		1:59.93	QB
12	3	6	Leonardo de Deus		2:00.47	QB
13	1	1	Masafumi Yamaguchi		2:00.62	QB
14	3	1	Matthew Swanston		2:00.83	QB
15	3	2	Matt Hawes		2:01.09	QB
16	2	6	Daniel Bell		2:01.69	QB
17	2	7	André Schultz		2:02.61
18	1	7	Nicholas Sinclair		2:02.63
19	2	2	Park Seon-Kwan		2:04.96
20	2	3	Hayden Stoeckel		2:05.74
21	2	1	Leonardo Fim		2:06.83

B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:25.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Aaron Peirsol		1:56.67
10	5	Kuninori Tada		1:59.03
11	3	Leonardo de Deus		2:01.36
12	2	Matthew Swanston		2:01.45
13	8	Park Seon-Kwan		2:01.90
14	1	André Schultz		2:03.58
15	7	Daniel Bell		2:03.72
16	6	Masafumi Yamaguchi		2:03.90

A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:25.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:54.12	CR
	5			1:54.90
	3			1:55.21
4	6	Ashley Delaney		1:57.78
5	2	Gareth Kean		1:58.55
6	7	George Du Rand		1:59.66
7	8	Charles Francis		2:00.37
8	1	Tobias Oriwol		2:00.79

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . December 13, 2013.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . December 13, 2013.
3. http://www.panpacificswimming.com/docs/2010_Pan_Pacs_handbook.pdf 2010 Pan Pacific handbook
4. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
5. Web site: 2006 Pan Pacific - Full Results . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . December 17, 2013.
6. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .