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

Event:Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:12 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:16
Nations:6
Win Value:2:21.88
Gold:Micah Sumrall
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Lilly King
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Satomi Suzuki
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Kanako Watanabe of Japan.[2]

Records

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

World record2:19.11Barcelona, Spain1 August 2013
Pan Pacific Championships record2:20.69Irvine, United States21 August 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQAQualified A Finalbgcolor=ddffdd align=centerQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal 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 Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2:22.41 QA
2 2:22.62 QA
3 2:23.57 QA
4 2:23.78 QB
5 2:25.13 QA
6 2:25.48 QA
7 2:25.78 QA
8 2:26.01 QB
9 2:26.73 QA
10 2:27.10 QA,
11 2:27.17 QB
12 2:27.99 QB
13 2:28.41 QA
14 2:32.13 QB
15 2:34.01 QB
16 2:35.07 QB,

B Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2:24.18
10 2:25.76
11 2:26.96
12 2:27.58
13 2:29.29
14 2:29.39

A Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:21.88
2:22.12
Satomi Suzuki2:22.22
4 2:24.46
5 2:24.73
6 2:24.73
7 2:25.55
8 2:29.51

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 15 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 15 August 2018 . 15 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015032719/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F030.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 15 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.