2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Maya DiRado of the United States.[2]

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	11 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	17 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:08.16
Medalists
Yui Ohashi    Japan   Sydney Pickrem    Canada   Miho Teramura    Japan

Records

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

World record	Katinka Hosszú (HUN)	2:06.12	Kazan, Russia	3 August 2015
Pan Pacific Championships record	Emily Seebohm (AUS)	2:09.93	Irvine, United States	21 August 2010
	Maya DiRado (USA)		Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

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 11 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	Miho Teramura	Japan	2:09.86	QA, CR
2	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:10.07	QA
3	Yui Ohashi	Japan	2:10.23	QA
4	Ella Eastin	United States	2:10.25	QA
5	Melanie Margalis	United States	2:11.18	QA
6	Kathleen Baker	United States	2:11.26	QB, WD
7	Sakiko Shimizu	Japan	2:11.90	QB
8	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:12.62	QA
9	Brooke Forde	United States	2:13.33	QB
10	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2:13.67	QB
11	Bethany Galat	United States	2:16.49	QB
12	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:17.78	QA
13	Micah Sumrall	United States	2:18.09
14	Chloe Isleta	Philippines	2:19.39	QA
15	Ye Huiyan	China	2:20.73	QB
16	Gianna Garcia	Philippines	2:40.11	QB
–	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	DNS

B Final

The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Sakiko Shimizu	Japan	2:12.06
10	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2:13.31
11	Brooke Forde	United States	2:13.41
12	Bethany Galat	United States	2:13.54
13	Ye Huiyan	China	2:17.05
14	Gianna Garcia	Philippines	2:37.97

A Final

The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yui Ohashi	Japan	2:08.16	CR
	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:09.07	NR
	Miho Teramura	Japan	2:09.86
4	Ella Eastin	United States	2:09.90
5	Melanie Margalis	United States	2:10.67
6	Kelsey Wog	Canada	2:12.08
7	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:18.38
8	Chloe Isleta	Philippines	2:18.63

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Individual Medley Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.