2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	12 August
Competitors:	24
Nations:	6
Win Value:	3:30.20
Gold:	Ryan Murphy Andrew Wilson Caeleb Dressel Nathan Adrian
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Yuki Kobori Katsumi Nakamura
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Mitch Larkin Jake Packard Grant Irvine Kyle Chalmers
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was the United States.^[2]

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80)	3:27.28	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Matt Grevers (53.10) Kevin Cordes (58.64) Michael Phelps (50.60) Nathan Adrian (47.60)	3:29.94	Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on 12 August from 18:00.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4		Ryan Murphy (52.70) Andrew Wilson (59.15) Caeleb Dressel (50.64) Nathan Adrian (47.71)	3:30.20
	5		Ryosuke Irie (52.61) Yasuhiro Koseki (58.62) Yuki Kobori (51.19) Katsumi Nakamura (47.83)	3:30.25
	3		Mitch Larkin (53.18) Jake Packard (59.03) Grant Irvine (51.40) Kyle Chalmers (46.91)	3:30.52
4	6		Gabriel Fantoni (53.72) João Gomes Júnior (59.05) Vinicius Lanza (51.68) Pedro Spajari (47.71)	3:32.16
5	2		Javier Acevedo (54.05) Richard Funk (59.79) Josiah Binnema (52.25) Yuri Kisil (48.11)	3:34.20
6	7		Armand Chan (1:02.06) Timothy Yen (1:08.46) Jarod Hatch (55.31) Rafael Barreto (52.93)	3:58.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 15 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 24 August 2014 . 15 August 2018.
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 4x100m Medley Relay Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.