# 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. 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 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.10 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:55.84 | Victoria, Canada | August 20, 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 21, at 10:16.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:58.03 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:58.56 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 1:58.72 | QA |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:59.37 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:59.86 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:59.88 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 2:01.19 | QA |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Yuya Horihata | Japan | 2:01.32 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil | 2:01.91 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Robert Margalis | United States | 2:02.21 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 2:02.37 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | André Schultz | Brazil | 2:02.50 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Yuki Kobori | Japan | 2:02.74 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Andrew Ford | Canada | 2:02.79 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Kim Mingyu | South Korea | 2:03.66 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 2:03.76 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 2:03.81 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Wu Peng | China | 2:03.87 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Sebastian Rousseau | South Africa | 2:03.98 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 2:04.45 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Taki Mrabet | Tunisia | 2:04.62 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:07.19 | |
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 2:07.92 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Jordan Hartney | Canada | 2:08.34 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Sebastian Jahnsen | Peru | 2:11.50 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | Hsu Chi-Chieh | Chinese Taipei | DNS | |
| - | 1 | 6 | Choi Kyu-Woong | South Korea | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 2 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | DNS | |
| - | 4 | 2 | Brian Johns | Canada | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 18:35.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Yuya Horihata | Japan | 2:01.01 |
| 10 | 2 | Robert Margalis | United States | 2:01.41 |
| 11 | 1 | Andrew Ford | Canada | 2:01.58 |
| 12 | 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 2:02.19 |
| 13 | 3 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 2:02.84 |
| 14 | 3 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil | 2:03.02 |
| 15 | 2 | Kim Mingyu | South Korea | 2:04.27 |
| 16 | 1 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 2:07.69 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 18:35.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.43 | CR |
| | 5 | Tyler Clary | United States | 1:57.61 | |
| | 7 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:57.83 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 1:58.06 | |
| 5 | 6 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:59.00 | |
| 6 | 2 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:59.74 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 2:00.97 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 2:03.99 | |