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

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
Ryan Lochte   United States   Tyler Clary   United States   Ryosuke Irie   Japan

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. The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US. This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

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

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 20, at 11:31.

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

B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:25.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:25.

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