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 record		2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2013
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:20.69	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 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 Suzuki		2:22.22
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.