2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Michael Phelps of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:54.10 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:55.84 | Victoria, Canada | August 20, 2006 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on August 21, at 10:16.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | 1:58.03 | QA | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Tyler Clary | 1:58.56 | QA | |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:58.72 | QA | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Henrique Rodrigues | 1:59.37 | QA | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Leith Brodie | 1:59.86 | QA | |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | 1:59.88 | QA | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Kosuke Hagino | 2:01.19 | QA | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Yuya Horihata | 2:01.32 | QA | |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Diogo Yabe | 2:01.91 | QB | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Robert Margalis | 2:02.21 | QB | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | 2:02.37 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | André Schultz | 2:02.50 | QB | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Yuki Kobori | 2:02.74 | QB | |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Andrew Ford | 2:02.79 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Kim Mingyu | 2:03.66 | QB | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 2:03.76 | QB | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Tobias Oriwol | 2:03.81 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Wu Peng | 2:03.87 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Sebastian Rousseau | 2:03.98 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Jayden Hadler | 2:04.45 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Taki Mrabet | 2:04.62 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | 2:07.19 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Esteban Enderica | 2:07.92 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Jordan Hartney | 2:08.34 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Sebastian Jahnsen | 2:11.50 | ||
| - | 1 | 5 | Hsu Chi-Chieh | DNS | ||
| - | 1 | 6 | Choi Kyu-Woong | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 2 | Daniel Bell | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 4 | Michael Phelps | DNS | ||
| - | 4 | 2 | Brian Johns | DNS |
B Final
The B final was held on August 21, at 18:35.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Yuya Horihata | 2:01.01 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Robert Margalis | 2:01.41 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Andrew Ford | 2:01.58 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 2:02.19 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Tobias Oriwol | 2:02.84 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Diogo Yabe | 2:03.02 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Kim Mingyu | 2:04.27 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Esteban Enderica | 2:07.69 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 21, at 18:35.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Ryan Lochte | 1:54.43 | CR | ||
| 5 | Tyler Clary | 1:57.61 | |||
| 7 | Thiago Pereira | 1:57.83 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:58.06 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Henrique Rodrigues | 1:59.00 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Leith Brodie | 1:59.74 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Kosuke Hagino | 2:00.97 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | 2:03.99 |