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

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

World record	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:06.67	Tokyo, Japan	29 January 2017
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:08.36	Irvine, United States	21 August 2010

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.^[3]

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.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Josh Prenot	United States	2:08.02	QA, CR
2	Andrew Wilson	United States	2:08.66	QA, WD
3	Matthew Wilson	Australia	2:09.26	QA
4	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:09.27	QA
5	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	2:11.52	QA
6	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2:12.15	QA
7	Eli Wall	Canada	2:13.44	QA
8	Liu Yunsong	China	2:14.29	QA
9	Wang Lizhuo	China	2:14.68	QA
10	Hiromasa Fujimori	Japan	2:15.02	QB
11	Song Jiale	China	2:19.07	QB
12	Tristan Cote	Canada	2:22.13	QB
13	Timothy Yen	Philippines	2:38.06	QB
–	Chase Kalisz	United States	DNS

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Hiromasa Fujimori	Japan	2:14.04
10	Song Jiale	China	2:16.77
11	Tristan Cote	Canada	2:19.36
12	Timothy Yen	Philippines	2:36.01

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2:07.75	CR
	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	2:07.89
	Matthew Wilson	Australia	2:08.22
4	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:08.25
5	Josh Prenot	United States	2:08.44
6	Wang Lizhuo	China	2:11.49
7	Liu Yunsong	China	2:12.27
8	Eli Wall	Canada	2:13.56