2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 22, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	16
Win Value:	4:08.31
Gold:	Kosuke Hagino
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Tyler Clary
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Chase Kalisz
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Ryan Lochte of US.^[3]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		4:03.84	Beijing, China	August 10, 2008
Pan Pacific Championships record		4:07.59	Irvine, United States	August 19, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 22, at 11:36.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			4:11.48	QA
2			4:11.74	QA
3			4:13.12	QA
4			4:13.88	QA
5			4:13.95	QA
6			4:14.00	QA
7			4:16.60	QA
8			4:16.62	QA
9			4:18.41	QB
10			4:18.89	QB
11			4:19.12	QB
12			4:21.39	QB
13			4:22.36	QB
14			4:25.68	QB
15			4:26.55	QB
16			4:29.11	QB

B Final

The B final was held on August 22, at 20:45.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			4:14.12
10			4:14.85
11			4:19.33
12			4:22.54
13			4:27.07
14			4:28.77

A Final

The A final was held on August 22, at 20:45.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:08.31
			4:09.03
			4:09.62
4			4:10.55
5			4:12.77
6			4:17.62
7			4:17.95
8			4:21.96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 22, 2014 . October 2, 2014 . October 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072604/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821P014.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 22, 2014 . October 2, 2014 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043031/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F014.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 400-metre individual medley finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 19, 2010 . October 2, 2014.
4. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual