2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke


The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Ryosuke Irie of Japan.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record51.85Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record52.91Gold Coast, Australia21 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 10 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.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ryan Murphy52.19QA, CR
2Matthew Grevers53.27QA
3Ryosuke Irie53.68QA
4Michael Andrew53.69QB
4Justin Ress53.69QB
6Mitch Larkin53.73QA
7Markus Thormeyer53.88QA
8Jacob Pebley53.96
9Javier Acevedo54.13QA
10Austin Katz54.17
11Masaki Kaneko54.27QA
12Bradley Woodward54.36QA
13Gabriel Fantoni54.40QB
14Wang Yutian56.06QB
15Shunichi Nakao56.12QB
16Josiah Binnema56.53QB,
17Armand Chan1:02.98QB
18Noel Keane1:06.71QB, NR

B Final

The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Michael Andrew53.55
10Justin Ress53.59
11Gabriel Fantoni53.92
12Shunichi Nakao55.77
13Wang Yutian55.83
14Armand Chan1:02.18
15Noel Keane1:06.49NR

A Final

The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ryan Murphy51.94CR
Ryosuke Irie52.78
Mitch Larkin52.88
4Matthew Grevers52.99
5Javier Acevedo53.90
6Markus Thormeyer54.02
7Masaki Kaneko54.33
8Bradley Woodward54.34