2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	11 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:55.40
Gold:	Chase Kalisz
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Mitch Larkin
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Kosuke Hagino
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 200 metre individual medley 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 Kosuke Hagino of Japan.^[2]

Records

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

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

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			1:57.07	QA
2			1:57.60	QA
3			1:58.45	QA
4			1:58.47	QA
5			1:58.50	QA
6			1:58.78	QB
7			1:59.48	QA
8			1:59.91	QB
9			2:00.25	QA
10			2:00.92	QA
11			2:01.20	QB
12			2:01.57	QB,
13			2:01.72	QB
14			2:01.79	QB
15			2:02.51	QB
16			2:07.42	QB,
17			2:27.07	QB

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:59.88
10			1:59.96
11			2:00.94
12			2:01.34
13			2:04.26
14			2:25.64

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:55.40
			1:56.21
			1:56.66
4			1:57.36
5			1:57.81
6			1:58.17
7			1:58.83
8			1:59.31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 24 August 2014 . 12 August 2018 . 23 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123212815/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F027.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Individual Medley Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 11 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 200m Individual Medley B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Individual Medley Final . Seiko.co.jp . 11 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.