2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	12 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:06.14
Gold:	Kathleen Baker
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Taylor Ruck
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Regan Smith
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 Belinda Hocking of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

World record		2:04.06	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:07.48	Irvine, United States	20 August 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	QA	Qualified A Final	bgcolor=ddffdd align=center	QB	Qualified B Final	CR	Championships record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 12 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	Time	Notes
1	2:07.86	QA
2	2:08.37	QA
3	2:08.38	QA
4	2:08.45	QA
5	2:09.26	QA
6	2:09.27	QA
6	2:09.27	QB
8	2:09.48	QA
9	2:09.63	QB
10	2:10.11	QA
11	2:10.24	QB
12	2:12.20	QB
13	2:12.65	QB
14	2:13.05	QB
15	2:13.33	QB
16	2:14.44
17	2:14.59	QB
18	2:19.53
19	2:22.38
20	2:32.16
21	2:46.76

B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			2:09.22
10			2:09.44
11			2:09.67
12			2:10.59
13			2:11.91
14			2:12.17
15			2:12.18
16			2:13.50

A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Time	Notes
	2:06.14	CR
	2:06.41
	2:06.46
4	2:07.00
5	2:07.01
6	2:07.12
7	2:08.18
8	2:10.26

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 15 August 2018.
Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 15 August 2018 . 15 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015001618/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F021.htm . dead .
Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Backstroke Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 15 August 2018.
Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Backstroke B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Backstroke Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.