2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	9 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	31 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:54.44
Medalists
Taylor Ruck    Canada   Rikako Ikee    Japan   Katie Ledecky    United States

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.[2]

Records

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

World record	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	1:52.98	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	1:55.74	Gold Coast, Australia	21 August 2014

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

Heats

The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	1:55.16	QA, CR
2	Allison Schmitt	United States	1:56.36	QA
3	Leah Smith	United States	1:56.81	QB
4	Taylor Ruck	Canada	1:56.84	QA
5	Kathryn McLaughlin	United States	1:56.88	QB
6	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	1:57.39	QA
7	Rikako Ikee	Japan	1:57.43	QA
8	Mallory Comerford	United States	1:57.48
9	Gabrielle DeLoof	United States	1:57.86
10	Mikkayla Sheridan	Australia	1:58.05	QA
11	Katie Drabot	United States	1:58.09
12	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:58.48	QB
13	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	1:58.51	QA
14	Madeline Groves	Australia	1:58.80	QA, WD
15	Tomomi Aoki	Japan	1:58.83	QB
16	Rio Shirai	Japan	1:58.88	QB
17	Brianna Throssell	Australia	1:59.11	QA
18	Abbigail Weitzeil	United States	1:59.30
19	Kyla Leibel	Canada	2:00.23	QB
20	Kennedy Goss	Canada	2:00.45
21	Waka Kobori	Japan	2:01.08
22	Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	2:02.21	QB
23	Nicole Oliva	Philippines	2:02.84	QB
24	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:03.07
25	Yui Yamane	Japan	2:03.11
26	Sayaka Akase	Japan	2:03.24
27	Rosalee Santa Ana	Philippines	2:07.57
28	Miranda Renner	Philippines	2:18.50
29	Gianna Garcia	Philippines	2:19.59
30	Mineri Gomez	Guam	2:25.78
31	Osisang Chilton	Palau	2:27.19

B Final

The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Kathryn McLaughlin	United States	1:57.34
10	Rebecca Smith	Canada	1:58.47
11	Rio Shirai	Japan	1:58.56
12	Leah Smith	United States	1:58.64
13	Tomomi Aoki	Japan	1:58.77
14	Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	1:58.80
15	Kyla Leibel	Canada	1:59.58
16	Nicole Oliva	Philippines	2:00.98

A Final

The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Taylor Ruck	Canada	1:54.44	CR
	Rikako Ikee	Japan	1:54.85	AS
	Katie Ledecky	United States	1:55.15
4	Allison Schmitt	United States	1:56.71
5	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	1:57.23
6	Mikkayla Sheridan	Australia	1:57.48
7	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	1:57.83
8	Brianna Throssell	Australia	1:59.26

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 200-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.