2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 24, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	21
Win Value:	1:56.02
Gold:	Kosuke Hagino
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Michael Phelps
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Daiya Seto
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Ryan Lochte of US.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.^[4]

Records

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

World record		1:54.00	Shanghai, China	July 28, 2011
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:54.43	Irvine, United States	August 21, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 24, at 10:42.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:57.61	QA
2			1:58.02	QA
3			1:58.70	QA
4			1:58.95	QA
5			1:59.09	QA
6			1:59.41	QA
7			1:59.95	QA
8			2:00.44	QA
9			2:01.01	QB
10			2:01.03	QB
11			2:01.16	QB
12			2:01.45	QB
13			2:01.50	QB
14			2:01.80	QB
15			2:03.00	QB
16			2:03.71	QB
17			2:04.32
18			2:06.61
19			2:08.81
20			2:13.43
21			2:33.64

B Final

The B final was held on August 24, at 20:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:56.02
10			2:01.05
11			2:01.38
12			2:05.23
13			2:07.13
14			2:07.92
15			2:12.61

A Final

The A final was held on August 24, at 20:24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:56.02
			1:56.04
			1:57.72
4			1:57.83
5			1:58.79
6			1:59.79
7			2:01.34
8			2:01.78

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 24, 2014 . September 17, 2014 . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123221639/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821P027.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 24, 2014 . September 17, 2014 . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123212815/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F027.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 21, 2010 . September 17, 2014.
4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . October 23, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . July 28, 2011 .