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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Kosuke Hagino of Japan.

## Records

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

| World record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.43 | Irvine, United States | 21 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 11 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 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:57.07 | QA |
| 2 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:57.60 | QA |
| 3 | Abrahm DeVine | United States | 1:58.45 | QA |
| 4 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:58.47 | QA |
| 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:58.50 | QA |
| 6 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 1:58.78 | QB |
| 7 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:59.48 | QA |
| 8 | Jay Litherland | United States | 1:59.91 | QB |
| 9 | Leonardo Santos | Brazil | 2:00.25 | QA |
| 10 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 2:00.92 | QA |
| 11 | Brandonn Almeida | Brazil | 2:01.20 | QB |
| 12 | Juran Mizohata | Japan | 2:01.57 | QB, WD |
| 13 | Mack Darragh | Canada | 2:01.72 | QB |
| 14 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 2:01.79 | QB |
| 15 | Deng Ziqi | China | 2:02.51 | QB |
| 16 | Jonathan Gómez | Colombia | 2:07.42 | QB, WD |
| 17 | Lennosuke Suzuki | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:27.07 | QB |
| – | Caeleb Dressel | United States | DNS | |
| – | Jarod Hatch | Philippines | DNS | |
| – | Vinicius Lanza | Brazil | DNS | |
| – | Andrew Seliskar | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Jay Litherland | United States | 1:59.88 |
| 10 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 1:59.96 |
| 11 | Mack Darragh | Canada | 2:00.94 |
| 12 | Brandonn Almeida | Brazil | 2:01.34 |
| 13 | Deng Ziqi | China | 2:04.26 |
| 14 | Lennosuke Suzuki | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:25.64 |
| – | Javier Acevedo | Canada | DSQ |

### A Final

The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Chase Kalisz | United States | 1:55.40 |
| | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:56.21 |
| | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:56.66 |
| 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:57.36 |
| 5 | Abrahm DeVine | United States | 1:57.81 |
| 6 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:58.17 |
| 7 | Leonardo Santos | Brazil | 1:58.83 |
| 8 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:59.31 |
