# 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Port Island Sports Center. The last champion was Ian Brown of Australia.
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 12.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josh Davis | United States | 1:49.59 | QA |
| 2 | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:49.69 | QA |
| 3 | Chris Eckerman | United States | 1:50.15 | QA |
| 4 | Greg Burgess | United States | 1:50.33 | QA |
| 5 | Joe Hudepohl | United States | 1:50.39 | QA |
| 6 | Danyon Loader | New Zealand | 1:51.11 | QA |
| 7 | Trent Bray | New Zealand | 1:51.34 | QA |
| 8 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 1:51.37 | QA |
| 9 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 1:51.82 | QB |
| 10 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 1:51.83 | QB |
| 11 | John Steel | New Zealand | 1:51.85 | QB |
| 12 | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 1:51.93 | QB |
| 13 | Darren Ward | Canada | 1:52.04 | QB |
| 14 | Deane Pieters | Australia | 1:52.08 | QB |
| 15 | Malcolm Allen | Australia | 1:52.24 | QB |
| 16 | Taihei Maeda | Japan | 1:52.86 | QB |
| 17 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 1:53.15 | |
| 18 | Tom Dolan | United States | 1:53.20 | |
| 19 | Rob McFarlane | Canada | 1:53.51 | |
| 20 | Matt Hooper | United States | 1:53.71 | |
| 21 | Hiroshi Fukuda | Japan | 1:53.73 | |
| 22 | Alexey Yegorov | Kazakhstan | 1:55.39 | |
| 23 | Daniel Kowalski | Australia | 1:55.40 | |
| 24 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | Japan | 1:55.56 | |
| 25 | Toshiaki Kurasawa | Japan | 1:56.88 | |
| 26 | Dong-Hyeon Kim | South Korea | 1:57.80 | |
| 27 | Dwade Sheehan | Australia | 1:58.46 | |
| 28 | Darrick Bollinger | Guam | 1:59.76 | |
| 29 | Wisnu Wardhana | Indonesia | 1:59.80 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 12.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | Chris Eckerman | United States | 1:50.12 |
| 10 | Taihei Maeda | Japan | 1:51.61 |
| 11 | Deane Pieters | Australia | 1:51.65 |
| 12 | Darren Ward | Canada | 1:52.61 |
| 13 | Hiroshi Fukuda | Japan | 1:53.72 |
| 14 | Dong-Hyeon Kim | South Korea | 1:55.76 |
| 15 | Darrick Bollinger | Guam | 2:01.21 |
| - | Alexey Yegorov | Kazakhstan | DSQ |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 12.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Josh Davis | United States | 1:48.50 | CR |
| | Trent Bray | New Zealand | 1:49.69 | |
| | Uğur Taner | United States | 1:49.80 | |
| 4 | Matthew Dunn | Australia | 1:50.99 | |
| 5 | Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 1:51.34 | |
| 6 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 1:51.43 | |
| 7 | Owen Von Richter | Canada | 1:51.98 | |
| 8 | John Steel | New Zealand | 1:52.90 | |