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

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 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 freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		1:42.00	Rome, Italy	July 28, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:44.75	Yokohama, Japan	August 24, 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 21, at 10:45.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kosuke Hagino		1:46.60	QA
2	Conor Dwyer		1:46.65	QA
3	Thomas Fraser-Holmes		1:46.95	QA
4			1:47.08	QA
5			1:47.35	QA
6			1:47.45	QA
7	Reo Sakata		1:47.74	QA
8	Matt McLean		1:47.91	QA
8	Yuri Kobori		1:47.91	QA
8	Nicolas Oliveira		1:47.91	QA
11	Reed Malone		1:47.95	QB
12	Matthew Stanley		1:48.74	QB
13			1:48.94	QB
14	Ned McKendry		1:48.97	QB
15	Steven Kent		1:49.00	QB
16	Michael Weiss		1:49.59	QB
17	Travis Mahoney		1:49.77
18	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett		1:50.01
19	Mitchell Donaldson		1:50.37
20	Takeshi Matsuda		1:50.41
21	Ewan Jackson		1:51.39
22	Tim Phillips		1:51.80
22	Coleman Allen		1:51.80
24	Ma Tianchi		1:52.37
25	Jiang Yuhui		1:53.32
26	David Wong		1:54.03
27	Kent Cheung		1:54.48
28	Qiu Zi'ao		1:54.76
29	Chun Nam Ng		1:55.42
30	Kei Koi Kong		1:55.65
31	Kinve Nicholls		2:19.81
32	Takayaw Tevita		2:31.38

B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 19:51.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Matt McLean		1:47.16
10			1:47.48
11	Yuri Kobori		1:47.98
11			1:47.98
13	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett		1:49.30
14	Steven Kent		1:49.71
15	Coleman Allen		1:51.30
16	Ma Tianchi		1:56.27

A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 19:51.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:45.98
			1:46.08
	Cameron McEvoy		1:46.36
4	Conor Dwyer		1:46.45
5			1:46.75
6	Nicolas Oliveira		1:46.98
7	Matthew Stanley		1:47.33
8	Reo Sakata		1:47.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 21, 2014 . September 14, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 21, 2014 . September 14, 2014 . September 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914181639/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F002.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 18, 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 .