1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Kinsmen Sports Center.[1][2] The last champion was Doug Gjertsen of US.[3]

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Kinsmen Sports Center
Dates	August 22, 1991 (heats & finals)
Competitors	31 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:49.48
Medalists
Ian Brown    Australia   Joe Hudepohl    United States   Darren Ward    Canada

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[4]

Records

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

World record	Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)	1:46.69	Bonn, West Germany	August 15, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record	Doug Gjertsen (USA)	1:49.09	Tokyo, Japan	August 17, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 22.[1][2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joe Hudepohl	United States	1:49.45	QA
2	Jon Olsen	United States	1:49.85	QA
3	Ian Brown	Australia	1:49.96	QA
4	Darren Ward	Canada	1:50.22	QA
5	Dan Jorgensen	United States	1:50.23	QA
6	Troy Dalbey	United States	1:51.35	QA
7	Deane Pieters	Australia	1:52.13	QA
8	Trent Bray	New Zealand	1:52.17	QA
9	Turlough O'Hare	Canada	1:52.18	QB
10	Masayuki Fujimoto	Japan	1:52.38	QB
11	Taihei Maeda	Japan	1:52.95	QB
12	Matt Hooper	United States	1:53.12	QB
13	Sebastien Goulet	Canada	1:53.48	QB
14	John Steel	New Zealand	1:53.49	QB
15	Frank Samel	Canada	1:53.60	QB
16	Kieren Perkins	Australia	1:53.62	QB
17	Toshiaki Kurasawa	Japan	1:54.06
18	Satoshi Kajitani	Japan	1:54.33
19	Matthew Dunn	Australia	1:54.48
20	Yumin Yan	China	1:54.65
21	Andrew Baildon	Australia	1:54.94
22	Kelvin Herrod	Australia	1:55.05
23	Arthur Li	Hong Kong	1:55.16
24	Chris Fydler	Australia	1:55.78
25	Tsutomu Nakano	Japan	1:56.26
26	Jorge Herrera	Puerto Rico	1:56.45
27	Hidetoshi Yamanaka	Japan	1:56.89
28	Richard Bera	Indonesia	1:57.30
29	Kurt Eldridge	Australia	1:58.77
30	Joaquini Lagier	Costa Rica	1:59.47
31	Yi-Chung Chen	Chinese Taipei	2:00.02

B Final

The B final was held on August 22.[1][2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Dan Jorgensen	United States	1:50.63
10	Kieren Perkins	Australia	1:51.45
11	Taihei Maeda	Japan	1:52.34
12	Frank Samel	Canada	1:52.97
13	Satoshi Kajitani	Japan	1:54.33
14	John Steel	New Zealand	1:54.42
15	Arthur Li	Hong Kong	1:54.72
16	Yumin Yan	China	1:55.07

A Final

The A final was held on August 22.[1][2]

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Brown	Australia	1:49.48
	Joe Hudepohl	United States	1:49.63
	Darren Ward	Canada	1:50.89
4	Deane Pieters	Australia	1:51.17
5	Turlough O'Hare	Canada	1:51.48
6	Jon Olsen	United States	1:51.93
7	Trent Bray	New Zealand	1:51.97
8	Masayuki Fujimoto	Japan	1:52.34

References

1. "Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific". Swim News. September 1991. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
2. "Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific" (PDF). USA Swimming. September 1991. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.