1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Port Island Sports Center
Dates:	August 12, 1993 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	9
Win Value:	1:48.50
Gold:	Josh Davis
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Trent Bray
Silvernoc:	NZL
Bronze:	Uğur Taner
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1991
Next:	1995

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Port Island Sports Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Ian Brown of Australia.^[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 12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:49.59	QA
2			1:49.69	QA
3			1:50.15	QA
4			1:50.33	QA
5			1:50.39	QA
6			1:51.11	QA
7			1:51.34	QA
8			1:51.37	QA
9			1:51.82	QB
10			1:51.83	QB
11			1:51.85	QB
12			1:51.93	QB
13			1:52.04	QB
14			1:52.08	QB
15			1:52.24	QB
16			1:52.86	QB
17			1:53.15
18			1:53.20
19			1:53.51
20			1:53.71
21			1:53.73
22			1:55.39
23			1:55.40
24			1:55.56
25			1:56.88
26			1:57.80
27			1:58.46
28			1:59.76
29			1:59.80

B Final

The B final was held on August 12.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:50.12
10			1:51.61
11			1:51.65
12			1:52.61
13			1:53.72
14			1:55.76
15			2:01.21
-			DSQ

A Final

The A final was held on August 12.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:48.50	CR
			1:49.69
	Uğur Taner		1:49.80
4	Matthew Dunn		1:50.99
5	Turlough O'Hare		1:51.34
6			1:51.43
7			1:51.98
8			1:52.90

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1993 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1993 . August 16, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 1993 Pan Pacific . USA Swimming . September 1993 . August 16, 2014.
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 .