2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

Event:Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Competition:2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates:August 19, 2010 (heats &<br>finals)
Win Value:7:03.84
Gold:Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens and Ryan Lochte
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Takeshi Matsuda, Yuki Kobori, Yoshihiro Okumura and Sho Uchida
Silvernoc:JPN
Bronze:Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Nicholas Ffrost, Kenrick Monk and Leith Brodie
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:2006
Next:2014

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1] [2] The last champion was the United States.[3] [4]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[5]

Records

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

World record
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
6:58.55Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record
Michael Phelps (1:45.91)
Ryan Lochte (1:47.34)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.49)
Klete Keller (1:45.54)
7:05.28Victoria, CanadaAugust 18, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only six teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 19, at 20:21.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Michael Phelps (1:45.62)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.46)
Ricky Berens (1:46.49)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.27)
7:03.84 CR
3 Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.08)
Yuki Kobori (1:47.90)
Yoshihiro Okumura (1:48.17)
Sho Uchida (1:47.86)
7:11.01
5 Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:47.70)
Nicholas Ffrost (1:47.71)
Kenrick Monk (1:46.82)
Leith Brodie (1:48.82)
7:11.05
4 2 Brent Hayden (1:48.25)
Colin Russell (1:47.16)
Brian Johns (1:48.08)
Stefan Hirniak (1:49.17)
7:12.66
5 6 André Schultz (1:50.07)
Rodrigo Castro (1:50.67)
Leonardo Fim (1:52.91)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:54.09)
7:27.74
6 7 Park Minkyu (1:54.36)
Kang Yong-Hwan (1:53.44)
Jang Sangjin (1:52.31)
Bae Joonmo (1:52.88)
7:32.99

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 19, 2010 . January 19, 2014.
  2. http://www.panpacificswimming.com/docs/2010_Pan_Pacs_handbook.pdf 2010 Pan Pacific handbook
  3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
  4. Web site: 2006 Pan Pacific - Full Results . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . January 19, 2014.
  5. 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 .