2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men'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 Thomas Fraser-Holmes of Australia.[2]

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	9 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	38 from 13 nations
Winning time	1:45.56
Medalists
Townley Haas    United States   Andrew Seliskar    United States   Katsuhiro Matsumoto    Japan

Records

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

World record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:44.75	Yokohama, Japan	24 August 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

QA

Qualified A Final

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 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	Andrew Seliskar	United States	1:45.81	QA
2	Townley Haas	United States	1:46.19	QA
3	Alexander Graham	Australia	1:46.35	QA
4	Jack Cartwright	Australia	1:46.38	QA, WD
5	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:46.42	QA
6	Clyde Lewis	Australia	1:46.54	QA
7	Zachary Apple	United States	1:46.56	QB
7	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:46.56	QB
9	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:46.62	QB, WD
10	Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	1:46.63	QA
11	Mack Horton	Australia	1:46.66	QB
12	Conor Dwyer	United States	1:46.84
13	Jack Conger	United States	1:46.85
14	Luiz Altamir Melo	Brazil	1:47.19	QA
15	Elijah Winnington	Australia	1:47.47	QB
16	Naito Ehara	Japan	1:47.67	QA
17	Reo Sakata	Japan	1:47.68	QB
18	Caeleb Dressel	United States	1:47.89
19	Austin Katz	United States	1:48.44
20	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	1:48.83	QB
21	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	1:48.90	QB
22	Yuki Kobori	Japan	1:49.33	QB
23	Alex Pratt	Canada	1:49.35
24	Ruslan Gaziev	Canada	1:49.74
25	Javier Acevedo	Canada	1:49.84
26	Wesley Roberts	Cook Islands	1:49.96
27	Juran Mizohata	Japan	1:50.21
28	Owen Daly	Canada	1:50.35
29	Abrahm Devine	United States	1:51.83
30	Liu Shaofeng	China	1:52.65
31	Mack Darragh	Canada	1:53.26
32	Jarod Hatch	Philippines	1:55.99
33	Samir Al-Adawi	Oman	1:58.67
34	Noel Keane	Palau	2:05.51	NR
35	Armand Chan	Philippines	2:07.64
36	Mark Imazu	Guam	2:13.17
37	Nelson Batallones	Northern Mariana Islands	2:18.42
–	Federico Grabich	Argentina	DNS

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Blake Pieroni	United States	1:46.68
10	Zachary Apple	United States	1:46.78
11	Mack Horton	Australia	1:47.90
12	Elijah Winnington	Australia	1:48.04
13	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	1:48.23
14	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	1:48.88
15	Reo Sakata	Japan	1:48.94
16	Yuki Kobori	Japan	1:49.32

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Townley Haas	United States	1:45.56
	Andrew Seliskar	United States	1:45.74
	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	1:45.92
4	Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	1:46.12
5	Alexander Graham	Australia	1:46.50
6	Naito Ehara	Japan	1:46.90
7	Clyde Lewis	Australia	1:46.94
8	Luiz Altamir Melo	Brazil	1:47.43

References

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