2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 20, 2010 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	21 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:54.12
Medalists
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.^[4]^[5]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[6]

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	July 31, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:54.44	Victoria, Canada	August 19, 2006

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

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:31.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:55.26	QA
2	2	5	Tyler Clary	United States	1:55.56	QA
3	3	5	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:56.22	QA
4	3	4	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:56.65	QA
5	3	3	Ashley Delaney	Australia	1:58.12	QA
6	1	6	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	1:58.62	QA
7	1	4	George Du Rand	South Africa	1:58.69	QA
8	1	5	Nick Thoman	United States	1:59.16	QA
9	1	2	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	1:59.56	QB
10	3	7	Charles Francis	Canada	1:59.63	QB
11	1	3	Kuninori Tada	Japan	1:59.93	QB
12	3	6	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	2:00.47	QB
13	1	1	Masafumi Yamaguchi	Japan	2:00.62	QB
14	3	1	Matthew Swanston	Canada	2:00.83	QB
15	3	2	Matt Hawes	Canada	2:01.09	QB
16	2	6	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	2:01.69	QB
17	2	7	André Schultz	Brazil	2:02.61
18	1	7	Nicholas Sinclair	Canada	2:02.63
19	2	2	Park Seon-Kwan	South Korea	2:04.96
20	2	3	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	2:05.74
21	2	1	Leonardo Fim	Brazil	2:06.83

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:25.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:56.67
10	5	Kuninori Tada	Japan	1:59.03
11	3	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	2:01.36
12	2	Matthew Swanston	Canada	2:01.45
13	8	Park Seon-Kwan	South Korea	2:01.90
14	1	André Schultz	Brazil	2:03.58
15	7	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	2:03.72
16	6	Masafumi Yamaguchi	Japan	2:03.90

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:25.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:54.12	CR
	5	Tyler Clary	United States	1:54.90
	3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:55.21
4	6	Ashley Delaney	Australia	1:57.78
5	2	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	1:58.55
6	7	George Du Rand	South Africa	1:59.66
7	8	Charles Francis	Canada	2:00.37
8	1	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	2:00.79