2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Thomas Fraser-Holmes of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:45.81	QA
2			1:46.19	QA
3			1:46.35	QA
4			1:46.38	QA,
5			1:46.42	QA
6			1:46.54	QA
7			1:46.56	QB
7			1:46.56	QB
9			1:46.62	QB,
10			1:46.63	QA
11			1:46.66	QB
12			1:46.84
13			1:46.85
14			1:47.19	QA
15			1:47.47	QB
16			1:47.67	QA
17			1:47.68	QB
18			1:47.89
19			1:48.44
20			1:48.83	QB
21			1:48.90	QB
22			1:49.33	QB
23			1:49.35
24			1:49.74
25			1:49.84
26			1:49.96
27			1:50.21
28			1:50.35
29			1:51.83
30			1:52.65
31			1:53.26
32			1:55.99
33			1:58.67
34			2:05.51	NR
35			2:07.64
36			2:13.17
37			2:18.42

B Final

The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:46.68
10			1:46.78
11	Mack Horton		1:47.90
12	Elijah Winnington		1:48.04
13	Markus Thormeyer		1:48.23
14	Jeremy Bagshaw		1:48.88
15	Reo Sakata		1:48.94
16	Yuki Kobori		1:49.32

A Final

The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:45.56
			1:45.74
	Katsuhiro Matsumoto		1:45.92
4			1:46.12
5			1:46.50
6			1:46.90
7			1:46.94
8			1:47.43

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 21 August 2014 . 11 August 2014 . 14 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914181639/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F002.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 11 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.