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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	9 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	9
Win Value:	1:54.44
Gold:	Taylor Ruck
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Rikako Ikee
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Katie Ledecky
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 Katie Ledecky of the United States.^[2]

Records

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

World record		1:52.98	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:55.74	Gold Coast, Australia	21 August 2014

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			1:55.16	QA, CR
2			1:56.36	QA
3			1:56.81	QB
4			1:56.84	QA
5			1:56.88	QB
6			1:57.39	QA
7	Rikako Ikee		1:57.43	QA
8			1:57.48
9			1:57.86
10			1:58.05	QA
11			1:58.09
12	Rebecca Smith		1:58.48	QB
13	Chihiro Igarashi		1:58.51	QA
14			1:58.80	QA,
15			1:58.83	QB
16	Rio Shirai		1:58.88	QB
17	Brianna Throssell		1:59.11	QA
18	Abbigail Weitzeil		1:59.30
19	Kyla Leibel		2:00.23	QB
20	Kennedy Goss		2:00.45
21	Waka Kobori		2:01.08
22	Larissa Oliveira		2:02.21	QB
23	Nicole Oliva		2:02.84	QB
24	McKenna DeBever		2:03.07
25	Yui Yamane		2:03.11
26	Sayaka Akase		2:03.24
27	Rosalee Santa Ana		2:07.57
28	Miranda Renner		2:18.50
29	Gianna Garcia		2:19.59
30	Mineri Gomez		2:25.78
31	Osisang Chilton		2:27.19

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			1:57.34
10			1:58.47
11			1:58.56
12			1:58.64
13			1:58.77
14			1:58.80
15			1:59.58
16			2:00.98

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:54.44	CR
			1:54.85	AS
			1:55.15
4			1:56.71
5			1:57.23
6			1:57.48
7			1:57.83
8			1:59.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 21 August 2014 . 11 August 2014.
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 11 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.