2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. 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 | 1:55.94 | Maryland, United States | August 9, 2003 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:59.70 | Yokohama, Japan | August 29, 2002 |
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 20, at 10:13.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 2:00.30 | QA | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Brian Johns | 2:00.95 | QA | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | 2:01.08 | QA | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ken Takakuwa | 2:01.19 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Leith Brodie | 2:01.32 | QA | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Hidemasa Sano | 2:01.79 | QA | |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Adam Lucas | 2:02.10 | QA | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Thiago Pereira | 2:02.72 | ? | |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Dean Kent | 2:02.72 | ? | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Keith Beavers | 2:03.23 | QB | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Shinya Taniguchi | 2:03.31 | QB | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Travis Nederpelt | 2:03.97 | QB | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Lucas Salatta | 2:04.15 | QB | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | André Schultz | 2:04.48 | QB | |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Fernando Silva | 2:04.50 | QB | |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Jeremy Knowles | 2:05.03 | QB | |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Tobias Oriwol | 2:05.54 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Jordan Hartney | 2:06.55 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Madwed | 2:08.18 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Sun Hongzhe | 2:08.20 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Tsai Kuo-Chuan | 2:08.88 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Ephraim Hannant | 2:10.34 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Lin Yu-An | 2:10.37 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Hsu Chi-Chien | 2:10.46 | ||
| - | 2 | 1 | Michael Klueh | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was held on August 20, at 18:28.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 3 | Travis Nederpelt | 2:02.43 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Keith Beavers | 2:02.96 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Shinya Taniguchi | 2:03.95 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Jeremy Knowles | 2:04.34 | ||
| 13 | 2 | André Schultz | 2:05.31 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lucas Salatta | 2:05.79 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Daniel Madwed | 2:05.93 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Tobias Oriwol | 2:06.61 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 20, at 18:28.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:55.84 | WR | ||
| 3 | Ryan Lochte | 1:56.11 | |||
| 6 | Ken Takakuwa | 1:59.81 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Leith Brodie | 2:00.75 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Hidemasa Sano | 2:01.50 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Brian Johns | 2:01.71 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Dean Kent | 2:02.29 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Adam Lucas | 2:02.36 |