2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Tom Malchow of US.[4]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 17, 2006 (heats & finals)
Competitors	21 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:53.80
Medalists
Michael Phelps    United States   Ryuichi Shibata    Japan   Takeshi Matsuda    Japan

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[5]

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:53.93	Barcelona, Spain	July 22, 2003
Pan Pacific Championships record	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:55.21	Yokohama, Japan	August 27, 2002

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 17, at 10:52.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Michael Phelps	United States	1:55.50	QA
2	1	4	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	1:56.22	QA
3	2	4	Ryuichi Shibata	Japan	1:56.26	QA
4	1	5	Travis Nederpelt	Australia	1:56.66	QA
5	3	3	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:56.84	QA
6	2	6	Nick D'Arcy	Australia	1:57.82	QA
7	3	6	Kaio Almeida	Brazil	1:57.83	QA
8	2	5	Davis Tarwater	United States	1:58.15	QA
9	3	2	Jeremy Knowles	Bahamas	1:58.25	QB
10	2	3	Joshua Krogh	Australia	1:58.77	QB
11	1	3	Daniel Madwed	United States	1:59.36	QB
12	3	5	Moss Burmester	New Zealand	1:59.73	QB
13	1	6	Stefan Hirniak	Canada	1:59.85	QB
14	1	1	Eric Shanteau	United States	2:00.78	QB
15	2	2	Chung Yong	South Korea	2:00.88	QB
16	1	2	Chen Yanlong	China	2:02.65	QB
17	3	8	Fernando Silva	Brazil	2:02.71
18	2	1	Jonathan Blouin	Canada	2:02.81
19	3	1	Adam Sioui	Canada	2:03.02
20	1	7	Zheng Lei	China	2:03.25
21	2	7	Hsu Chi-Chien	Chinese Taipei	2:03.33
-	3	7	Michael Klueh	United States	DSQ

B Final

The B final was held on August 17, at 20:00.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Takashi Yamamoto	Japan	1:58.09
10	3	Daniel Madwed	United States	1:58.31
11	5	Joshua Krogh	Australia	1:58.49
12	6	Moss Burmester	New Zealand	1:59.37
13	2	Stefan Hirniak	Canada	1:59.72
14	7	Chung Yong	South Korea	2:01.88
15	1	Chen Yanlong	China	2:03.35
16	8	Fernando Silva	Brazil	2:03.90

A Final

The A final was held on August 17, at 20:00.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Michael Phelps	United States	1:53.80	WR
	3	Ryuichi Shibata	Japan	1:55.82
	5	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	1:56.20
4	6	Travis Nederpelt	Australia	1:58.20
5	1	Davis Tarwater	United States	1:58.22
6	2	Nick D'Arcy	Australia	1:58.66
7	8	Jeremy Knowles	Bahamas	1:58.96
8	7	Kaio Almeida	Brazil	1:59.34

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre butterfly heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre butterfly finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
3. "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
4. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
5. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine