2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 19, 2010 (heats & finals)
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:07.59
Medalists
Ryan Lochte   United States   Tyler Clary   United States   Thiago Pereira   Brazil

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Michael Phelps of US.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	August 10, 2008
Pan Pacific Championships record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:10.47	Victoria, Canada	August 18, 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 19, at 11:14. As only two members of each nation can enter Final A, Michael Phelps, despite finishing with the fourth fastest time, was the third fastest American, therefore could not compete in Final A. He did not participate in Final B either.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Ryan Lochte	United States	4:08.77	QA, CR
2	1	5	Tyler Clary	United States	4:09.20	QA
3	2	4	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	4:15.35	QA
4	3	4	Michael Phelps	United States	4:15.38	QB 3rd American
5	2	5	Yuya Horihata	Japan	4:16.44	QA
6	2	3	Brian Johns	Canada	4:16.50	QA
7	1	3	Robert Margalis	United States	4:17.16	QB 4th American
8	3	2	Ken Takakuwa	Japan	4:17.40	QA
9	1	6	Andrew Gemmell	United States	4:17.75	QB 5th American
10	3	6	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	4:19.02	QB 3rd Japanese
11	3	1	Andrew Ford	Canada	4:21.22	QA
12	2	2	Jordan Hartney	Canada	4:21.31	QB 3rd Canadian
13	1	2	Jayden Hadler	Australia	4:23.25	QA
14	1	7	Taki Mrabet	Tunisia	4:26.10	QB
15	3	7	Diogo Yabe	Brazil	4:27.22	QB
16	2	7	Sebastian Rousseau	South Africa	4:29.07	QB
17	3	3	Kim Mingyu	South Korea	4:29.27
18	2	1	Esteban Enderica	Ecuador	4:31.20	QB
-	3	5	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	DNS
-	2	6	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	DSQ

B Final

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Robert Margalis	United States	4:17.28
10	3	Jordan Hartney	Canada	4:19.04
11	8	Andrew Gemmell	United States	4:19.69
12	5	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	4:21.95
13	6	Taki Mrabet	Tunisia	4:24.47
14	7	Kim Mingyu	South Korea	4:26.00
15	2	Diogo Yabe	Brazil	4:28.47
16	1	Esteban Enderica	Ecuador	4:32.28

A Final

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryan Lochte	United States	4:07.59	CR
	5	Tyler Clary	United States	4:09.55
	3	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	4:12.09
4	6	Yuya Horihata	Japan	4:15.93
5	2	Brian Johns	Canada	4:16.21
6	7	Ken Takakuwa	Japan	4:17.47
7	1	Andrew Ford	Canada	4:21.66
8	8	Jayden Hadler	Australia	4:23.72