2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 2014 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	21
Winning time	1:54.91
Medalists
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^[1]^[2] The last champion was Ryan Lochte of US.^[3]

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

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	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.12	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

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 23, at 11:37.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:55.10	QA
2	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:55.73	QA
3	Tyler Clary	United States	1:56.45	QA
4	Mitchell Larkin	Australia	1:56.86	QA
5	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:56.94	QA
6	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:57.52	QA
7	Haya Matsubara	Japan	1:58.27	QA
8	Jacob Pebley	United States	1:58.46	QA
9	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:59.60	QB
10	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:59.85	QB
11	Fabio Santi	Brazil	2:00.58	QB
12	Matson Lawson	Australia	2:00.60	QB
13	Russell Wood	Canada	2:01.43	QB
14	Travis Mahoney	Australia	2:01.99	QB
15	Richard Ellis	South Africa	2:02.40	QB
16	Michael Meyer	South Africa	2:02.89	QB
17	Joe Byram	Canada	2:05.48

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:52.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
9	Haya Matsubara	Japan	1:57.94
10	Fabio Santi	Brazil	2:00.17
11	Matson Lawson	Australia	2:00.49
12	Russell Wood	Canada	2:00.76
13	Richard Ellis	South Africa	2:02.93
14	Joe Byram	Canada	2:03.57
15	Michael Meyer	South Africa	2:03.77

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:52.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Tyler Clary	United States	1:54.91
	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	1:55.14
	Mitchell Larkin	Australia	1:55.27
4	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:56.17
5	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:57.70
6	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:57.78
7	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:59.63
8	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	1:59.86