2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	9 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	16
Nations:	7
Win Value:	1:05.44
Gold:	Lilly King
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Jessica Hansen
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Reona Aoki
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Rebecca Soni of the United States.^[2]

Records

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

World record		1:04.13	Budapest, Hungary	25 July 2017
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:04.93	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 does 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			1:05.76	QA
2			1:06.36	QA
3			1:06.44	QA
4			1:06.63	QA
5			1:06.64	QB
6			1:06.67	QB
6			1:06.67	QA
8			1:07.97	QB,
9			1:08.01	QA
10			1:08.06	QA
11			1:08.13	QA
12			1:08.22	QB
13			1:08.36	QB
14			1:08.51	QB
15			1:12.07	QB
16			1:16.20	QB

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:06.41
10			1:06.86
11			1:08.34
12			1:08.50
13			1:08.65
14			1:11.14
15			1:15.19

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:05.44
			1:06.20
	Reona Aoki		1:06.34
4			1:06.51
5			1:06.56
6			1:07.69
7			1:07.91
8			1:08.38

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 12 August 2018 . 15 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015032618/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F009.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 100m Breaststroke 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 – Women 100m Breaststroke B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 100m Breaststroke Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.