2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	21 August 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	24
Win Value:	53.02
Gold:	Ryosuke Irie
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Matt Grevers
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ryan Murphy
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on 21 August at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, Australia.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record		51.94	Indianapolis, United States	8 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		53.31	Irvine, United States	18 August 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on 21 August, at 11:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.91	QA
2			53.24	QA
3			53.29	QA
4			53.49	QA
5			53.82	QA
6			54.30	QA
7			54.34	QA
8			54.40	QA
9			54.43	QB
10			54.44	QB
11			54.50	QB
12	Jacob Pebley		54.57	QB
13	Russell Wood		55.15	QB
14	Fabio Santi		55.16	QB
15	Corey Main		55.36	QB
16	Richard Ellis		55.59	QB
17	Haya Matsubara		55.82
18	Albert Subirats		55.95
19	Matson Lawson		56.04
20	Geoffrey Cheah		56.68
21	Sun Xiaolei		57.29
21	Jacques van Wyk		57.29
23	Joe Byram		57.59
24	Raymond Mak		59.35

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			53.19
10			54.05
11	Corey Main		54.70
12	Fabio Santi		55.08
13	Russell Wood		55.12
14	Haya Matsubara		55.57
15	Richard Ellis		55.68
16	Albert Subirats		55.83

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			53.02
			53.09
			53.27
4			53.28
5			53.84
6			54.02
7			54.38
8			54.53

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 100-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 21 August 2014 . 14 September 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 21 August 2014 . 14 September 2014 . 23 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123191140/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F004.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . 18 August 2010 . 14 September 2014.
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 .