2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 21, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	24
Winning time	53.02
Medalists
Ryosuke Irie    Japan   Matt Grevers    United States   Ryan Murphy    United States

2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Gold Coast, Australia
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women
Open water
10 km		men		women

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^[1][2] The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	51.94	Indianapolis, United States	July 8, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	53.31	Irvine, United States	August 18, 2010

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 11:04.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matt Grevers	United States	52.91	QA
2	Ryan Murphy	United States	53.24	QA
3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.29	QA
4	Mitchell Larkin	Australia	53.49	QA
5	David Plummer	United States	53.82	QA
6	Junya Koga	Japan	54.30	QA
7	Ben Treffers	Australia	54.34	QA
8	Josh Beaver	Australia	54.40	QA
9	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	54.43	QB
10	Nick Thoman	United States	54.44	QB
11	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	54.50	QB
12	Jacob Pebley	United States	54.57	QB
13	Russell Wood	Canada	55.15	QB
14	Fabio Santi	Brazil	55.16	QB
15	Corey Main	New Zealand	55.36	QB
16	Richard Ellis	South Africa	55.59	QB
17	Haya Matsubara	Japan	55.82
18	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	55.95
19	Matson Lawson	Australia	56.04
20	Geoffrey Cheah	Hong Kong	56.68
21	Sun Xiaolei	China	57.29
21	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	57.29
23	Joe Byram	Canada	57.59
24	Raymond Mak	Hong Kong	59.35

B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 20:20.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	David Plummer	United States	53.19
10	Josh Beaver	Australia	54.05
11	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.70
12	Fabio Santi	Brazil	55.08
13	Russell Wood	Canada	55.12
14	Haya Matsubara	Japan	55.57
15	Richard Ellis	South Africa	55.68
16	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	55.83

A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 20:20.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.02
	Matt Grevers	United States	53.09
	Ryan Murphy	United States	53.27
4	Mitchell Larkin	Australia	53.28
5	Ben Treffers	Australia	53.84
6	Junya Koga	Japan	54.02
7	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	54.38
8	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	54.53

References

1. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke heats at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
2. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
3. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.