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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
DatesAugust 19, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors28 from 11 nations
Winning time1:54.44
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.[4]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[5]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:54.66 Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 29, 2005
Pan Pacific Championships record  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:55.87 Sydney, Australia August 27, 1999

Results[edit]

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[edit]

The first round was held on August 19, at 11:14.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:56.81 QA
2 3 4 Michael Phelps  United States 1:57.64 QA
3 4 5 Tomomi Morita  Japan 1:59.10 QA
4 2 4 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:59.30 QA
5 2 5 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:59.89 QA
6 3 3 Masafumi Yamaguchi  Japan 2:00.01 QA
7 3 2 Hayden Stoeckel  Australia 2:00.47 QA
8 2 6 Sun Hongzhe  United States 2:00.55 QA
9 2 3 Ephraim Hannant  Australia 2:00.56 QB
10 4 2 Lucas Salatta  Brazil 2:00.73 QB
11 4 7 Matthew Hawes  Canada 2:00.75 QB
12 3 5 Keith Beavers  Canada 2:00.92 QB
13 4 6 George Du Rand  South Africa 2:01.24 QB
14 2 2 Junichi Miyashita  Japan 2:01.55 QB
15 3 7 David Plummer  United States 2:01.89 QB
16 2 7 Ethan Rolff  Australia 2:02.80 QB
17 2 1 Ashley Delaney  Australia 2:03.42
18 1 3 Jake Tapp  Canada 2:04.51
19 1 4 John Zulch  New Zealand 2:04.70
20 2 8 André Schultz  Brazil 2:04.91
21 3 1 Lee Seung-Hyeon  South Korea 2:04.92
22 4 1 Dean Kent  New Zealand 2:05.00
23 4 3 Keng Liat Lim  Malaysia 2:06.52
24 3 6 Cameron Gibson  New Zealand 2:07.30
25 4 8 Zhang Yu  China 2:11.03
26 1 6 Feng Lizhong  China 2:11.77
27 1 5 Yuan Ping  Chinese Taipei 2:12.38
28 1 2 Lin Yu-An  Chinese Taipei 2:13.99
- 3 8 Charles Francis  Canada DSQ

B Final[edit]

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:33.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Masafumi Yamaguchi  Japan 2:00.05
10 5 Sun Hongzhe  United States 2:00.54
11 3 Keith Beavers  Canada 2:00.57
12 6 George Du Rand  South Africa 2:01.26
13 2 Ethan Rolff  Australia 2:03.22
14 8 André Schultz  Brazil 2:05.32
15 7 Jake Tapp  Canada 2:05.47
16 1 John Zulch  New Zealand 2:06.12

A Final[edit]

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:33.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:54.44 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michael Phelps  United States 1:56.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tomomi Morita  Japan 1:58.53
4 6 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 1:59.33
5 2 Hayden Stoeckel  Australia 2:00.52
6 7 Ephraim Hannant  Australia 2:01.05
7 8 Matthew Hawes  Canada 2:01.41
8 1 Lucas Salatta  Brazil 2:03.26

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  4. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.