# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.66 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 29, 2005 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 1:55.87 | Sydney, Australia | August 27, 1999 |

## 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.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:56.81 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:57.64 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 1:59.10 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:59.30 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:59.89 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Masafumi Yamaguchi | Japan | 2:00.01 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 2:00.47 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Sun Hongzhe | United States | 2:00.55 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Ephraim Hannant | Australia | 2:00.56 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:00.73 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Matthew Hawes | Canada | 2:00.75 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:00.92 | QB |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | George Du Rand | South Africa | 2:01.24 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Junichi Miyashita | Japan | 2:01.55 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | David Plummer | United States | 2:01.89 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Ethan Rolff | Australia | 2:02.80 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 2:03.42 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Jake Tapp | Canada | 2:04.51 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | John Zulch | New Zealand | 2:04.70 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | André Schultz | Brazil | 2:04.91 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Lee Seung-Hyeon | South Korea | 2:04.92 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:05.00 | |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Keng Liat Lim | Malaysia | 2:06.52 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 2:07.30 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Zhang Yu | China | 2:11.03 | |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Feng Lizhong | China | 2:11.77 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Yuan Ping | Chinese Taipei | 2:12.38 | |
| 28 | 1 | 2 | Lin Yu-An | Chinese Taipei | 2:13.99 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Masafumi Yamaguchi | Japan | 2:00.05 |
| 10 | 5 | Sun Hongzhe | United States | 2:00.54 |
| 11 | 3 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:00.57 |
| 12 | 6 | George Du Rand | South Africa | 2:01.26 |
| 13 | 2 | Ethan Rolff | Australia | 2:03.22 |
| 14 | 8 | André Schultz | Brazil | 2:05.32 |
| 15 | 7 | Jake Tapp | Canada | 2:05.47 |
| 16 | 1 | John Zulch | New Zealand | 2:06.12 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:54.44 | WR |
| | 5 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:56.81 | |
| | 3 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 1:58.53 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:59.33 | |
| 5 | 2 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 2:00.52 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ephraim Hannant | Australia | 2:01.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Matthew Hawes | Canada | 2:01.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:03.26 | |