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

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	9 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	11
Nations:	6
Win Value:	4:07.95
Gold:	Chase Kalisz
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kosuke Hagino
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Daiya Seto
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 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		4:03.84	Beijing, China	10 August 2008
Pan Pacific Championships record		4:07.59	Irvine, United States	19 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 9 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			4:10.97	QA
2			4:12.49	QA
3			4:12.65	QA
4			4:13.00	QA
5			4:14.27	QB
6			4:15.71	QA
7			4:17.93	QA
8			4:20.01	QB
9	Leonardo Santos		4:21.60	QA
9			4:21.60	QA
11			4:31.88	QB

B Final

The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			4:14.33
10			4:22.55
11			4:27.76

A Final

The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:07.95
			4:11.13
	Daiya Seto		4:12.60
4			4:12.87
5			4:14.27	NR
6			4:14.53
7			4:18.90
8			4:21.72

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 . 22 August 2014 . 12 August 2018 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043031/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F014.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 400m Individual Medley Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 9 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 400m Individual Medley B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 400m Individual Medley Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.