2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 18, 2010 (heats & finals)
Competitors	27 from 10 nations
Winning time	53.31
Medalists
Aaron Peirsol   United States   Junya Koga   Japan   Ashley Delaney   Australia

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Irvine, USA
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
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
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
Marathon
10 km		men		women

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.

This race consisted of two 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)	51.94	Indianapolis, USA	July 8, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	53.32	Victoria, Canada	August 17, 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 18, at 10:59.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	David Plummer	United States	53.33	QA
2	4	7	Ryan Lochte	United States	53.69	QA
3	4	4	Ashley Delaney	Australia	53.78	QA
4	4	3	Aaron Peirsol	United States	53.85	QA
5	3	3	Nick Thoman	United States	53.96	QA
6	3	5	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	54.05	QA
7	2	5	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	54.18	QA
8	2	4	Junya Koga	Japan	54.39	QA
9	3	4	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	54.79	QB
9	3	2	Masafumi Yamaguchi	Japan	54.79	QB
11	2	4	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	54.81	QB
12	2	1	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	55.00	QB
13	2	7	Ben Treffers	Australia	55.02	QB
14	2	3	George Du Rand	South Africa	55.08	QB
15	4	2	Gabriel Mangabeira	Brazil	55.15	QB
16	4	1	Jake Tapp	Canada	55.31	QB
17	3	6	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	55.32
18	3	1	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	55.37
19	4	8	Kuninori Tada	Japan	55.60
20	3	8	Matt Hawes	Canada	55.65
21	3	7	Charles Francis	Canada	55.73
22	2	2	Park Seon-Kwan	South Korea	56.01
23	2	8	Matthew Swanston	Canada	56.34
24	4	6	Federico Grabich	Argentina	56.38
25	1	5	Andrew Ford	Canada	57.05
26	1	4	Nicholas Sinclair	Canada	57.58
27	1	3	Chung Lai-Yeung	Hong Kong	59.95

B Final

The B final was held on August 18, at 19:18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Nick Thoman	United States	53.66
10	5	Masafumi Yamaguchi	Japan	54.98
11	8	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	55.34
12	6	George Du Rand	South Africa	55.36
13	1	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	55.37
14	7	Jake Tapp	Canada	55.47
15	2	Gabriel Mangabeira	Brazil	56.01
16	3	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	56.08

A Final

The A final was held on August 18, at 19:18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Aaron Peirsol	United States	53.31	CR
	7	Junya Koga	Japan	53.63
	5	Ashley Delaney	Australia	53.67
4	2	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.71
5	4	David Plummer	United States	53.80
6	6	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	54.06
7	8	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	54.57
8	1	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	55.05