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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan.

## Records

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

| World record | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:08.36 | 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 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 | Josh Prenot | United States | 2:08.02 | QA, CR |
| 2 | Andrew Wilson | United States | 2:08.66 | QA, WD |
| 3 | Matthew Wilson | Australia | 2:09.26 | QA |
| 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:09.27 | QA |
| 5 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:11.52 | QA |
| 6 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:12.15 | QA |
| 7 | Eli Wall | Canada | 2:13.44 | QA |
| 8 | Liu Yunsong | China | 2:14.29 | QA |
| 9 | Wang Lizhuo | China | 2:14.68 | QA |
| 10 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 2:15.02 | QB |
| 11 | Song Jiale | China | 2:19.07 | QB |
| 12 | Tristan Cote | Canada | 2:22.13 | QB |
| 13 | Timothy Yen | Philippines | 2:38.06 | QB |
| – | Chase Kalisz | United States | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | 2:14.04 |
| 10 | Song Jiale | China | 2:16.77 |
| 11 | Tristan Cote | Canada | 2:19.36 |
| 12 | Timothy Yen | Philippines | 2:36.01 |

### A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:07.75 | CR |
| | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:07.89 | |
| | Matthew Wilson | Australia | 2:08.22 | |
| 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:08.25 | |
| 5 | Josh Prenot | United States | 2:08.44 | |
| 6 | Wang Lizhuo | China | 2:11.49 | |
| 7 | Liu Yunsong | China | 2:12.27 | |
| 8 | Eli Wall | Canada | 2:13.56 | |
