# 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Kinsmen Sports Center. The last champion was Doug Gjertsen of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | 1:46.69 | Bonn, West Germany | August 15, 1989 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Doug Gjertsen (USA) | 1:49.09 | Tokyo, Japan | August 17, 1989 |

## 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 22.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joe Hudepohl | United States | 1:49.45 | QA |
| 2 | Jon Olsen | United States | 1:49.85 | QA |
| 3 | Ian Brown | Australia | 1:49.96 | QA |
| 4 | Darren Ward | Canada | 1:50.22 | QA |
| 5 | Dan Jorgensen | United States | 1:50.23 | QA |
| 6 | Troy Dalbey | United States | 1:51.35 | QA |
| 7 | Deane Pieters | Australia | 1:52.13 | QA |
| 8 | Trent Bray | New Zealand | 1:52.17 | QA |
| 9 | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 1:52.18 | QB |
| 10 | Masayuki Fujimoto | Japan | 1:52.38 | QB |
| 11 | Taihei Maeda | Japan | 1:52.95 | QB |
| 12 | Matt Hooper | United States | 1:53.12 | QB |
| 13 | Sebastien Goulet | Canada | 1:53.48 | QB |
| 14 | John Steel | New Zealand | 1:53.49 | QB |
| 15 | Frank Samel | Canada | 1:53.60 | QB |
| 16 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 1:53.62 | QB |
| 17 | Toshiaki Kurasawa | Japan | 1:54.06 | |
| 18 | Satoshi Kajitani | Japan | 1:54.33 | |
| 19 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 1:54.48 | |
| 20 | Yumin Yan | China | 1:54.65 | |
| 21 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 1:54.94 | |
| 22 | Kelvin Herrod | Australia | 1:55.05 | |
| 23 | Arthur Li | Hong Kong | 1:55.16 | |
| 24 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 1:55.78 | |
| 25 | Tsutomu Nakano | Japan | 1:56.26 | |
| 26 | Jorge Herrera | Puerto Rico | 1:56.45 | |
| 27 | Hidetoshi Yamanaka | Japan | 1:56.89 | |
| 28 | Richard Bera | Indonesia | 1:57.30 | |
| 29 | Kurt Eldridge | Australia | 1:58.77 | |
| 30 | Joaquini Lagier | Costa Rica | 1:59.47 | |
| 31 | Yi-Chung Chen | Chinese Taipei | 2:00.02 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 22.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | Dan Jorgensen | United States | 1:50.63 |
| 10 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 1:51.45 |
| 11 | Taihei Maeda | Japan | 1:52.34 |
| 12 | Frank Samel | Canada | 1:52.97 |
| 13 | Satoshi Kajitani | Japan | 1:54.33 |
| 14 | John Steel | New Zealand | 1:54.42 |
| 15 | Arthur Li | Hong Kong | 1:54.72 |
| 16 | Yumin Yan | China | 1:55.07 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 22.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| | Ian Brown | Australia | 1:49.48 |
| | Joe Hudepohl | United States | 1:49.63 |
| | Darren Ward | Canada | 1:50.89 |
| 4 | Deane Pieters | Australia | 1:51.17 |
| 5 | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 1:51.48 |
| 6 | Jon Olsen | United States | 1:51.93 |
| 7 | Trent Bray | New Zealand | 1:51.97 |
| 8 | Masayuki Fujimoto | Japan | 1:52.34 |