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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1][2] The last champion was Kosuke Kitajima of Japan.[3]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 24, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	19
Winning time	2:08.57
Medalists
Yasuhiro Koseki    Japan   Nicholas Fink    United States   Kazuki Kohinata    Japan

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[4]

Records

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

World record	Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN)	2:07.01	Gifu, Japan	September 15, 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:08.36	Irvine, United States	August 21, 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 24, at 12:55.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nicolas Fink	United States	2:09.64	QA
2	Kevin Cordes	United States	2:10.01	QA
3	Kazuki Kohinata	Japan	2:10.30	QA
4	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:10.43	QA
5	Josh Prenot	United States	2:11.19	QA
6	Naoya Tomita	Japan	2:11.98	QA
7	Yuta Oshikiri	Japan	2:12.14	QA
8	Richard Funk	Canada	2:12.50	QA
9	Tales Cerdeira	Brazil	2:12.93	QB
10	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	2:13.77	QB
11	Thiago Simon	Brazil	2:14.20	QB
12	Cody Miller	United States	2:14.43	QB
13	Felipe França	Brazil	2:14.62	QB
14	Lyam Dias	Canada	2:16.34	QB
15	Mack Darragh	Canada	2:16.75	QB
16	Ronald Tsui	Hong Kong	2:20.29	QB
17	Song Molin	China	2:20.46
18	Joshua Hall	Philippines	2:20.48
19	Jared Pike	South Africa	2:23.11

B Final

The B final was held on August 24, at 20:54.[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Naoya Tomita	Japan	2:11.45
10	Yuta Oshikiri	Japan	2:11.97
11	Cody Miller	United States	2:13.40
12	Mack Darragh	Canada	2:17.23
13	Song Molin	China	2:19.64
14	Ronald Tsui	Hong Kong	2:20.52
15	Joshua Hall	Philippines	2:23.13
16	Jared Pike	South Africa	2:24.72

A Final

The A final was held on August 24, at 20:54.[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:08.57
	Nicholas Fink	United States	2:08.94
	Kazuki Kohinata	Japan	2:10.14
4	Josh Prenot	United States	2:11.05
5	Tales Cerdeira	Brazil	2:11.49
6	Richard Funk	Canada	2:13.75
7	Thiago Simon	Brazil	2:13.89
8	Lyam Dias	Canada	2:16.19

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 24, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
3. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.