2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	10 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	18
Nations:	8
Win Value:	51.94
Gold:	Ryan Murphy
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ryosuke Irie
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Mitch Larkin
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Ryosuke Irie of Japan.^[2]

Records

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

World record		51.85	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record		52.91	Gold Coast, Australia	21 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.19	QA, CR
2			53.27	QA
3			53.68	QA
4			53.69	QB
4			53.69	QB
6	Mitch Larkin		53.73	QA
7	Markus Thormeyer		53.88	QA
8			53.96
9	Javier Acevedo		54.13	QA
10			54.17
11			54.27	QA
12	Bradley Woodward		54.36	QA
13	Gabriel Fantoni		54.40	QB
14			56.06	QB
15			56.12	QB
16	Josiah Binnema		56.53	QB,
17	Armand Chan		1:02.98	QB
18	Noel Keane		1:06.71	QB, NR

B Final

The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			53.55
10			53.59
11	Gabriel Fantoni		53.92
12	Shunichi Nakao		55.77
13	Wang Yutian		55.83
14	Armand Chan		1:02.18
15	Noel Keane		1:06.49	NR

A Final

The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.94	CR
			52.78
	Mitch Larkin		52.88
4			52.99
5			53.90
6			54.02
7			54.33
8			54.34

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 21 August 2014 . 12 August 2018 . 23 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123191140/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F004.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 100m Backstroke Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 12 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 100m Backstroke B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 100m Backstroke Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.