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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Daiya Seto of Japan.

## Records

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

| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:53.80 | Victoria, Canada | 17 August 2006 |

## 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 10 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 | Jack Conger | United States | 1:55.18 | QA |
| 2 | Zach Harting | United States | 1:55.28 | QA |
| 3 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:55.57 | QA |
| 4 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:55.99 | QA |
| 5 | Yuya Yajima | Japan | 1:56.16 | QA |
| 6 | Justin Wright | United States | 1:56.37 | QB |
| 7 | Mack Darragh | Canada | 1:57.10 | QA |
| 8 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:57.12 | QA |
| 9 | Nao Horomura | Japan | 1:57.16 | QB |
| 10 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:57.36 | QA |
| 11 | Jay Litherland | United States | 1:58.04 | QB |
| 12 | Luiz Altamir Melo | Brazil | 1:58.09 | QB |
| 13 | Jonathan Gómez | Colombia | 1:58.20 | QB |
| 14 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:58.91 | |
| 15 | Shen Jiahao | China | 1:59.42 | QB |
| 16 | Iago Moussalem | Brazil | 1:59.93 | QB, WD |
| 17 | Zhou Shuchang | China | 2:01.37 | QB |
| 18 | Jarod Hatch | Philippines | 2:04.57 | QB |
| 19 | Timothy Yen | Philippines | 2:12.45 | |
| 20 | Nelson Batallones | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:32.92 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Luiz Altamir Melo | Brazil | 1:56.23 |
| 10 | Justin Wright | United States | 1:57.27 |
| 11 | Jay Litherland | United States | 1:58.31 |
| 12 | Nao Horomura | Japan | 1:58.74 |
| 13 | Shen Jiahao | China | 1:58.82 |
| 14 | Zhou Shuchang | China | 1:59.00 |
| 15 | Jonathan Gómez | Colombia | 2:00.84 |
| 16 | Jarod Hatch | Philippines | 2:03.45 |

### A Final

The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:54.34 |
| | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 1:54.89 |
| | Zach Harting | United States | 1:55.05 |
| 4 | David Morgan | Australia | 1:55.82 |
| 5 | Mack Darragh | Canada | 1:56.27 |
| 6 | Yuya Yajima | Japan | 1:56.33 |
| 7 | Jack Conger | United States | 1:56.83 |
| 8 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:57.37 |
