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

The men'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 Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan.[2]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	12 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	14 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:07.75
Medalists
Ippei Watanabe    Japan   Zac Stubblety-Cook    Australia   Matthew Wilson    Australia

Records

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

World record	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:06.67	Tokyo, Japan	29 January 2017
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:08.36	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	Josh Prenot	United States	2:08.02	QA, CR
2	Andrew Wilson	United States	2:08.66	QA, WD
3	Matthew Wilson	Australia	2:09.26	QA
4	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:09.27	QA
5	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	2:11.52	QA
6	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2:12.15	QA
7	Eli Wall	Canada	2:13.44	QA
8	Liu Yunsong	China	2:14.29	QA
9	Wang Lizhuo	China	2:14.68	QA
10	Hiromasa Fujimori	Japan	2:15.02	QB
11	Song Jiale	China	2:19.07	QB
12	Tristan Cote	Canada	2:22.13	QB
13	Timothy Yen	Philippines	2:38.06	QB
–	Chase Kalisz	United States	DNS

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Hiromasa Fujimori	Japan	2:14.04
10	Song Jiale	China	2:16.77
11	Tristan Cote	Canada	2:19.36
12	Timothy Yen	Philippines	2:36.01

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2:07.75	CR
	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	2:07.89
	Matthew Wilson	Australia	2:08.22
4	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:08.25
5	Josh Prenot	United States	2:08.44
6	Wang Lizhuo	China	2:11.49
7	Liu Yunsong	China	2:12.27
8	Eli Wall	Canada	2:13.56

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Breaststroke B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Breaststroke Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.