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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
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2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
Open water
10 km	men	women
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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.

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

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Backstroke B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 200m Backstroke Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

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