1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Kinsmen Sports Center
Dates:	August 22, 1991 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	11
Win Value:	1:49.48
Gold:	Ian Brown
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Joe Hudepohl
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Darren Ward
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1989
Next:	1993

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Kinsmen Sports Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Doug Gjertsen 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		1:46.69	Bonn, West Germany	August 15, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:49.09	Tokyo, Japan	August 17, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:49.45	QA
2			1:49.85	QA
3			1:49.96	QA
4			1:50.22	QA
5			1:50.23	QA
6			1:51.35	QA
7			1:52.13	QA
8			1:52.17	QA
9			1:52.18	QB
10			1:52.38	QB
11			1:52.95	QB
12			1:53.12	QB
13			1:53.48	QB
14			1:53.49	QB
15			1:53.60	QB
16			1:53.62	QB
17			1:54.06
18			1:54.33
19			1:54.48
20			1:54.65
21			1:54.94
22			1:55.05
23			1:55.16
24			1:55.78
25			1:56.26
26			1:56.45
27			1:56.89
28			1:57.30
29			1:58.77
30			1:59.47
31			2:00.02

B Final

The B final was held on August 22.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:50.63
10			1:51.45
11			1:52.34
12			1:52.97
13			1:54.33
14			1:54.42
15			1:54.72
16			1:55.07

A Final

The A final was held on August 22.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:49.48
			1:49.63
	Darren Ward		1:50.89
4			1:51.17
5			1:51.48
6			1:51.93
7			1:51.97
8			1:52.34

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1991 . August 17, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific . USA Swimming . September 1991 . August 17, 2014 . December 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217030602/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/324a9f51-57e3-4d29-a30a-2f62f3ab4750/91_panpac%5B1%5D.pdf . dead .
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
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 .