2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	11 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	8
Win Value:	3:44.20
Gold:	Jack McLoughlin
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Mack Horton
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Zane Grothe
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Park Tae-hwan of South Korea.^[2]

Records

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

World record		3:40.07	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		3:41.83	Sydney, Australia	22 August 1999

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 11 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			3:45.32	QA
2			3:45.41	QA
3			3:47.75	QA
4			3:48.23	QA
5	Conor Dwyer		3:48.60	QB
6			3:49.27	QB
7			3:50.17	QA
8			3:51.23	QB,
9			3:51.78	QA
10			3:52.04	QB
11			3:52.23	QA
12	Tonwley Haas		3:53.36
13	Wesley Roberts		3:54.08	QA
14			3:54.84	QB
15			3:54.94	QB
16	Ayatsugu Hirai		3:55.38	QB
17			3:55.66	QB
18	Peter Brothers		3:55.80	QB
19	Luiz Altamir Melo		3:55.85
20	Noel Keane		4:28.21
21	Mark Imazu		4:48.01
	Jeremy Bagshaw

B Final

The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			3:48.45
10			3:48.83
11			3:51.52
12	Alex Pratt		3:51.84
13			3:52.37
14	Peter Brothers		3:54.08
15	Tristan Cote		3:54.80
16	Ayatsugu Hirai		3:56.05

A Final

The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:44.20
			3:44.31
			3:45.37
4			3:48.27
5			3:48.80
6			3:50.55
7			3:54.73
8			3:55.30

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 400-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 11 August 2018 . 23 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123212141/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F020.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 400m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 11 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 400m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 400m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.