2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Cameron McEvoy of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

World record		46.91	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		47.82	Gold Coast, Australia	22 August 2014

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 10 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does 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			48.05	QA
2			48.13	QA
3			48.21	QB
4			48.23	QA
5			48.38	QA
6			48.43	QA
7	Marcelo Chierighini		48.44	QA
8			48.47	QB
9	Katsumi Nakamura		48.56	QA
10			48.68	QA
11			48.69
12	Gabriel Santos		48.72	QB
13	Alexander Graham		48.75	QB,
14			48.83	QB,
15			48.99
15	Katsuhiro Matsumoto		48.99	QB
17	Clyde Lewis		49.08
18	Yuri Kisil		49.16	QB
19	Marco Ferreira Júnior		49.23	QB
20	Juran Mizohata		49.51	QB
21	Javier Acevedo		49.70	QB,
22	Daniel Hunter		49.86	QB
23	Ruslan Gaziev		49.87
24	Reo Sakata		49.91
25	Will Pisani		50.05
26	Owen Daly		50.11
27	Yuki Kobori		50.12
28	Ippei Watanabe		50.18
29	Elijah Winnington		50.44
30	Grant Irvine		50.56
31	Liu Shaofeng		50.69
32	Rafael Barreto		53.10
33	Samir Al-Adawi		53.25
34	Noel Keane		55.94	NR
35	Armand Chan		56.05
36	Lennosuke Suzuki		57.73
37	Mark Imazu		1:00.30
	Federico Grabich

B Final

The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			48.21
10			48.32
11	Yuri Kisil		49.00
12	Gabriel Santos		49.24
13	Juran Mizohata		49.41
14	Katsuhiro Matsumoto		49.51
15	Marco Ferreira Júnior		49.60
16	Daniel Hunter		49.89

A Final

The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			48.00
			48.22
	Caeleb Dressel		48.22
4			48.36
5	Zachary Apple		48.47
6	Katsumi Nakamura		48.49
7			48.51
8			48.68

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 22 August 2014 . 11 August 2018 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215640/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F012.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 100m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 10 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 100m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 100m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.