2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 22, 2014 (heats &
finals)
Winning time7:05.17
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    Australia
← 2010
2018 →

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
6:58.55Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:45.62)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.46)
Ricky Berens (1:46.49)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.27)
7:03.84Irvine, United StatesAugust 19, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only five teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 22, at 21:20.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Conor Dwyer (1:47.08)
Michael Phelps (1:46.08)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.57)
Matt McLean (1:46.44)
 United States7:05.17
Kosuke Hagino (1:46.13)
Reo Sakata (1:45.78)
Yuki Kobori (1:46.81)
Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.58)
 Japan7:05.30
David McKeon (1:46.85)
Cameron McEvoy (1:48.12)
Mack Horton (1:47.06)
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.52)
 Australia7:08.55
4Matthew Stanley (1:47.09) NR
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (1:48.98)
Steven Kent (1:48.89)
Mitchell Donaldson (1:48.87)
 New Zealand7:13.83NR
5Kent Cheung (1:55.77)
Chun Nam Ng (1:55.87)
Kei Koi Kong (1:54.75)
David Wong (1:55.35)
 Hong Kong7:41.74

References