2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke explained

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Ryan Lochte of US.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

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		1:54.12	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 23, at 11:37.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:55.10	QA
2			1:55.73	QA
3			1:56.45	QA
4			1:56.86	QA
5			1:56.94	QA
6	Josh Beaver		1:57.52	QA
7	Haya Matsubara		1:58.27	QA
8	Jacob Pebley		1:58.46	QA
9	Leonardo de Deus		1:59.60	QB
10	Corey Main		1:59.85	QB
11	Fabio Santi		2:00.58	QB
12	Matson Lawson		2:00.60	QB
13	Russell Wood		2:01.43	QB
14	Travis Mahoney		2:01.99	QB
15	Richard Ellis		2:02.40	QB
16	Michael Meyer		2:02.89	QB
17	Joe Byram		2:05.48

B Final

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:52.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Haya Matsubara		1:57.94
10	Fabio Santi		2:00.17
11	Matson Lawson		2:00.49
12	Russell Wood		2:00.76
13	Richard Ellis		2:02.93
14	Joe Byram		2:03.57
15	Michael Meyer		2:03.77

A Final

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:52.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:54.91
			1:55.14
			1:55.27
4			1:56.17
5	Josh Beaver		1:57.70
6	Leonardo de Deus		1:57.78
7	Corey Main		1:59.63
8	Kosuke Hagino		1:59.86

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . September 14, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . September 14, 2014 . September 15, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915050850/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F022.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . September 14, 2014.
4. 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 .