# 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 | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:55.94 | Maryland, United States | August 9, 2003 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 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 | United States | 2:00.30 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:00.95 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 2:01.08 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 2:01.19 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 2:01.32 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Hidemasa Sano | Japan | 2:01.79 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Adam Lucas | Australia | 2:02.10 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:02.72 | ? |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:02.72 | ? |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:03.23 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Shinya Taniguchi | Japan | 2:03.31 | QB |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Travis Nederpelt | Australia | 2:03.97 | QB |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:04.15 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | André Schultz | Brazil | 2:04.48 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Fernando Silva | Brazil | 2:04.50 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Jeremy Knowles | Bahamas | 2:05.03 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 2:05.54 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Jordan Hartney | Canada | 2:06.55 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Madwed | United States | 2:08.18 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Sun Hongzhe | United States | 2:08.20 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Tsai Kuo-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 2:08.88 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Ephraim Hannant | Australia | 2:10.34 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Lin Yu-An | Chinese Taipei | 2:10.37 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Hsu Chi-Chien | Chinese Taipei | 2:10.46 | |
| - | 2 | 1 | Michael Klueh | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 18:28.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Travis Nederpelt | Australia | 2:02.43 |
| 10 | 4 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:02.96 |
| 11 | 5 | Shinya Taniguchi | Japan | 2:03.95 |
| 12 | 7 | Jeremy Knowles | Bahamas | 2:04.34 |
| 13 | 2 | André Schultz | Brazil | 2:05.31 |
| 14 | 6 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:05.79 |
| 15 | 8 | Daniel Madwed | United States | 2:05.93 |
| 16 | 1 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 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 | United States | 1:55.84 | WR |
| | 3 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:56.11 | |
| | 6 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 1:59.81 | |
| 4 | 2 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 2:00.75 | |
| 5 | 7 | Hidemasa Sano | Japan | 2:01.50 | |
| 6 | 5 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:01.71 | |
| 7 | 8 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:02.29 | |
| 8 | 1 | Adam Lucas | Australia | 2:02.36 | |