2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.12 | Irvine, United States | 20 August 2010 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | QA | Qualified A Final | QB | Qualified B Final | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
