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

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
Tyler Clary   United States   Ryosuke Irie   Japan   Mitchell Larkin   Australia

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. The last champion was Ryan Lochte 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	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.12	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

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 23, at 11:37.

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

B Final

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:52.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

A Final

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:52.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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