2014 Pan Pacific Championships
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Thursday, August 21-Sunday, August 24
- Meet website
- Psych sheets
- Live results
Ryan Lochte scratched from the final heat of the men’s 200 backstroke after qualifying second this morning. He wanted to stay away from the 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, 4×100 free relay triple tonight, but also because on this day at worlds next year, it will be the 800 free relay instead of the 400 free relay.
For a full recap of day 3 prelims, click here.
Women’s 100 fly
Meet record: 57.30, Jessica Schipper (AUS)
American record: 55.98, Dana Vollmer
Australian record: 56.23, Jessica Schipper
Canadian record: 57.27, Katerine Savard
Japanese record: 57.77, Yuka Kato
Australia All-comers record: 56.61, Inge de Bruijn (NED)
In a very close race, Alicia Coutts got her hands on the wall to earn the Gold medal with her time of 57.64. China’s Ying Lu was right behind her at 57.76 for silver, and Kendyl Stewart of the Untied States won the bronze medal with her time of 57.82.
Emma McKeon was fourth for Australia at 57.85, Katerine Savard was fifth for Canada at 57.95, and Claire Donahue finished 6th with her time of 58.31.
After that race, Kendyl Stewart and Claire Donahue will represent the United States in this event at the 2015 World Championships.
American Felicia Lee improved to a 58.37 to win the B-final of the women’s 100 butterfly. Madeline Groves was second for Australia at 58.88 and Natsumi Hoshi was third at 59.20 for Japan.
Men’s 100 fly
Meet record: 50.86, Michael Phelps (USA)
American record: 49.82, Michael Phelps
Australian record: 50.85, Andrew Lauterstein
Canadian record: 52.28, Joe Bartoch
Japanese record: 51.00, Kohei Kawamoto
Australia All-comers record: 50.77, Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps won the gold medal in the men’s 100 butterfly with his time of 51.29. This is his first individual gold medal at a championship meet since making his comeback. Ryan Lochte finished second with a 51.67. Even though Tom Shields did not swim the event tonight, his time from nationals will hold up. Phelps and Shields will represent the United States in this event at the 2015 World Championships next summer.
Hirofumi Ikebata finished third for the bronze medal with his time of 52.50 for Japan. Tommaso D’Orsogna was fourth for Australia and Brazil’s Thiago Pereira finished fifth at 52.71.
Tim Phillips won the B-final of the men’s 100 butterfly with his time of 51.52. He would have finished second had he been in the A-final with that time. Australian Jayden Hadler finished second at 53.07, and Masato Sakai was third at 53.38.
Women’s 400 free
Meet record: 4:04.53, Janet Evans (USA)
American record: 3:58.86, Katie Ledecky
Australian record: 4:03.40, Kylie Palmer
Canadian record: 4:05.06, Brittany MacLean
Japanese record: 4:05.19, Ai Shibata
Australia All-comers record: 4:02.61, Laure Manaudou (FRA)
Katie Ledecky has no limit! After breaking the World Record at US Nationals earlier this month with her time of 3:58.86, Ledecky took almost another half a second off her record to improve to a 3:58.37. Her teammte, Cierra Runge, finished second with a time of 4:04.55. That pair will represent the United States next year the 2015 World Championships. Lauren Boyle won the bronze medal for New Zealand with her time of 4:05.33.
Canadian Brittany Maclean just missed the podium at 4:05.91 and Andreina Pinto from Venezuela was fifth at 4:07.51.
American Leah Smith dropped close to a second from her morning swim to improve to a time of 4:06.91 and win the B-final of the women’s 400 freestyle. Australian Jessica Ashwood finished second at 4:10.14 and Chihiro Igarashi from Japan was third at 4:13.72.
Men’s 400 free
Meet record: 3:41.83, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
American record: 3:42.78, Larsen Jensen
Australian record: 3:40.08, Ian Thorpe
Canadian record: 3:43.46, Ryan Cochrane
Japanese record: 3:43.90, Kosuke Hagino
Australia All-comers record: 3:40.54, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
Park Taehwan of Korea won the men’s 400 freestyle with a time of 3:43.15. Japan’s Kosuke Hagino finished second for the silver medal with his time of 3:44.56, followed by Connor Jaeger with the bronze at 3:45.31.
Ryan Cochrane was fourth at 3:45.99 and Mack Horton finished fifth with his time of 3:46.19. Sixth place went to David McKeon at 3:46.40.
Australian Jordan Harrison won the B-final of the men’s 400 freestyle with his time of 3:47.45. Matt McLean of the United States finished second, just behind Harrison at 3:47.70. Matthew Stanley from New Zealand was third with his time of 3:50.75.
Women’s 200 back
Meet record: 2:07.48, Elizabeth Pelton (USA)
American record: 2:04.06 Missy Franklin
Australian record: 2:06.06 Belinda Hocking
Canadian record: 2:06.80, Hilary Caldwell
Japanese record: 2:07.13, Reiko Nakamura
Australia All-comers record: 2:06.68, Belinda Hocking (AUS)
Australian Belinda Hocking missed the meet record by .01 seconds to touch the wall at 2:07.49 for the gold medal in the women’s 200 backstroke. Her teammate and 100 backstroke Pan Pacs champion, Emily Seebohm, grabbed the silver with her time of 2:07.61. Elizabeth Beisel improved to a 2:08.33 to win the bronze medal. Her time is also fast enough to bump Kathleen Baker from the World Championship’s roster in this event. Missy Franklin and Beisel will represent team USA in this event next year at the 2015 World Championships.
Missy Franklin finished fourth at 2:08.82 and Canadian Hilary Caldwell was fifth at 2:09.02.
Liz Pelton won the B-final of the women’s 200 backstroke with her time of 2:09.36. Brooklynn Snodgrass finished second at 2:09.76, and Genevieve Cantin was third at 2:10.76.
Men’s 200 back
Meet record: 1:54.12, Ryan Lochte (USA)
American record: 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol
Australian record: 1:55.26, Mitch Larkin
Canadian record: 1:57.34, Matthew Hawes
Japanese record: 1:52.51, Ryosuke Irie
Australia All-comers record: 1:54.06, Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
In the men’s 200 backstroke, Tyler Clary fought to the wall to win the gold medal with his time of 1:54.91. Ryosuke Irie finished second for the silver medal at 1:55.14, and Mitchell Larkin of Australia was third for bronze ar 1:55.27.
Ryan Murphy finished fourth at 1:56.17. Although he was a little off his time form nationals, he and Tyler Clary will represent the United States next summer at the 2014 World Championships.
Josh Beaver finished fifth with his time of 1:57.70.
Hayate Matsubara won the B-final for Japan with his time of 1:57.94, followed by Fabio Santi in second at 2:00.17.
Women’s 4×100 free relay
Meet record: 3:35.11 USA (Coughlin, Hardy, Weir, Vollmer) 2010
American record: 3:32.31 (Franklin, Coughlin, Vreeland, Romano), 2013
Australian record: 3:30.98 (Campbell, Schlanger, McKeon, Campbell) 2014
Canadian record: 3:37.09 (Poon, Mainville, Van Landeghem, Cheverton) 2013
Japanese record: 3:37.96 (Ueda, Matsumoto, Uchida, Ito) 2012
Australia All-comers record: 3:35.48 Australia (Lenton, Schlanger, Reese, Henry) 2007
The relay team of Cate Cambell, Brittany Elmslie, Melanie Schlanger, and Bronte Campbell from Australia won the Gold medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle, breaking the meet and Australian All-comer record with their time of 3:32.46. If you look at all of their spltis, every swimmer except one was under 53 seconds.
The United States women finished second at 3:24.23 and Japan won the bronze at 3:39.06.
Men’s 4×100 free relay
Meet record: 3:11.74, USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian) 2010
American record: 3:08.24 (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte) 2009
Australian record: 2:09.91 (Sullivan, Lauterstein, Callus, Targett) 2008
Canadian record: 3:12.26 (Hayden, Greenshields, Russell, Say) 2008
Japanese record: 3:14.73 (Fujii, Okumura, Yamamoto, Uchida) 2009
Australia All-comers record: 3:12.72 USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak) 2007
The Australian men followed suit, winning the final relay of the day. They touched at 3:12.80, followed by the united states at 3:13.36.cBrazil finished third with their time of 3:13.59.
is katie ledecky doping or a boy. she may have high testosterone levels like caster semenya.i think she should compete for china.
For all the non songsters here on SwSw .
The songs used were
Day one – Wishing & Hoping ( Dusty Springfield version )
Day two – The Camp Song ( Allen Sherman )
Day three- It’s Raining Men ( the Weathergirls ) this was thankfully rejected by Barbra Striesand
Or I would have had to have had electric therapy to erase the memory) .
I have one for you tonight !
No need to rub it in,
Ouch. Did USA just lose both 4x100m freestyle to Australia?
The Aussies lost the 2 relays on friday ! equal share of the cake
sun yang is missing pan pacs , is too for ye shiwen?
Yeah, nearly all of China’s top swimmers are skipping Pan Pacs. Seems like the country’s focus meet is Asian Games next month.
Interested to see they’ve sent Zhou Min (age 16) with a 2.10.22 in the 200IM this season, a time which stands as the junior WR.
very impressed with ledecky performance and she is a real talent. This type of ‘super human’ performances are really possible and it will be clean. When some impressive performances are done by athletes from china like sun yang, ye shiwen we call it as the result of ‘doping’. This is the result of inferiority of american behaviour, this is not sportsman spirit and we must agree every super performances
I don’t think anyone has ever doubted Sun Yang.
Because their male swimmers have no history of doing, but their females are another story.
History of doping I mean.
I also dont like how fans from some countries are always first to criticize swimmers from other countries, but never ask wheter the performances of their own swimmers are possible without doping. I think its the same as in cycling, either you accept that all the world class athletes probably arent clean and you still try to enjoy the competition or you just stop watching it. I dont think it makes any sense to only shout doping if athletes are from certain countries.
People seem to forget that China has a history of doping, while most other countries don’t. If anyone has “inferiority” of behavior, it’s China. When was the last time you heard of an Italian or French swimmer (not other sports mind you) doping? I know I can’t remember. So when someone like Agnel bursts onto the scene, people naturally don’t question his drug status. China, despite the clamor to ignore the facts, is bound to fall under more scrutiny considering their track record. That’s not to say that Chinese swimmers should be denied the glory of their achievements, it’s just that the people will logically be more wary. Want to change that? Don’t yell at the fans to ignore what… Read more »
Conditions are similar to what most California swimmers face during the winter. Not the same time of year, but a good number of the Americans on the national team are used to similar conditions.
1) Murphy, Horton and runge are really impressive talents.
2) Its scary how dominant phelps is already in his comeback season in 100 fly.
3) Is 100 fly internationall weaker this year? With 51.6 you win medals at pan pacs or europeans, i dont think that this is normal.
4) Parks 3.43 probably will at least be silver in 2016, i didnt expect him to be that good (again)
5) Womens 200 back isnt as good as it used to be, jenny mensing! wouldve won bronze with her sb of 2.08.25.
6) Whats “wrong” with missy, do we have to worry (or is she just doing the agnel?)?
7) Katie ledecky is … (dont… Read more »
Correction:
5) Jenny mensings sb is 2.09.25, not 2.08.25 that somehow destroys my point, but i still think 2.08.33 for bronze is pretty weak (or is this a normal time to win bronze at pan pacs?). Franklin was 2.04.76, Hocking was 2.06.66 and Caldwell was 2.06.80 at 2013 wc.
Clary had his breakthrough back in 2009. Missy suffered Back spasms two days before the meet.