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

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]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	12 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:21.88
Medalists
Micah Sumrall    United States   Lilly King    United States   Satomi Suzuki    Japan

Records

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

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2013
Pan Pacific Championships record	Rebecca Soni (USA)	2:20.69	Irvine, United States	21 August 2010

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 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	Lilly King	United States	2:22.41	QA
2	Micah Sumrall	United States	2:22.62	QA
3	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:23.57	QA
4	Bethany Galat	United States	2:23.78	QB
5	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:25.13	QA
6	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:25.48	QA
7	Reona Aoki	Japan	2:25.78	QA
8	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:26.01	QB
9	Julia Sebastián	Argentina	2:26.73	QA
10	Jessica Hansen	Australia	2:27.10	QA, WD
11	Sakiko Shimizu	Japan	2:27.17	QB
12	Melanie Margalis	United States	2:27.99	QB
13	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:28.41	QA
14	Zheng Muyan	China	2:32.13	QB
15	Rachel Nicol	Canada	2:34.01	QB
16	Leiston Pickett	Australia	2:35.07	QB, WD

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Bethany Galat	United States	2:24.18
10	Sakiko Shimizu	Japan	2:25.76
11	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:26.96
12	Melanie Margalis	United States	2:27.58
13	Zheng Muyan	China	2:29.29
14	Rachel Nicol	Canada	2:29.39

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Micah Sumrall	United States	2:21.88
	Lilly King	United States	2:22.12
	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2:22.22
4	Reona Aoki	Japan	2:24.46
5	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:24.73
6	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:24.73
7	Julia Sebastián	Argentina	2:25.55
8	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:29.51

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Breaststroke Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.