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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	12 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	20 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:53.57
Medalists
Ryan Murphy   United States   Ryosuke Irie   Japan   Austin Katz   United States

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Tyler Clary of the United States.

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	31 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.12	Irvine, United States	20 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.

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.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:54.07	QA, CR
2	Austin Katz	United States	1:55.69	QA
3	Jacob Pebley	United States	1:55.95	QB
4	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:56.83	QA
5	Keita Sunama	Japan	1:57.18	QA
6	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:58.15	QA
7	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:58.24	QA
8	Javier Acevedo	Canada	1:58.74	QA
9	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:59.59	QA
10	Wang Yutian	China	1:59.90	QB
11	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	2:00.04	QB
12	Masaki Kaneko	Japan	2:00.24	QB
13	Jay Litherland	United States	2:00.26	QB
14	Gabriel Fantoni	Brazil	2:01.01	QB, WD
15	Brandonn Almeida	Brazil	2:01.74	QB
16	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	2:02.13	QB
17	Leonardo Santos	Brazil	2:03.35	QB
18	Josiah Binnema	Canada	2:06.45
19	Armand Chan	Philippines	2:18.39
–	Clyde Lewis	Australia	DNS

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Jacob Pebley	United States	1:57.12
10	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	1:59.37
11	Jay Litherland	United States	1:59.52
12	Wang Yutian	China	1:59.97
13	Masaki Kaneko	Japan	2:00.58
14	Brandonn Almeida	Brazil	2:00.79
15	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	2:01.10
16	Leonardo Santos	Brazil	2:04.51

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:53.57	CR
	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:55.12
	Austin Katz	United States	1:56.00
4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:56.02
5	Keita Sunama	Japan	1:57.03
6	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:58.00
7	Javier Acevedo	Canada	1:58.36
8	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	2:01.56