title: 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Brendan Hansen of US.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 2:07.31 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
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  | Pan Pacific Championships record | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 2:08.50 | 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 |
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  ### Heats
  
  The first round was held on August 21, at 11:07.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:09.23 | QA |
  | 2 | 3 | 3 | Eric Shanteau | United States | 2:10.10 | QA |
  | 3 | 3 | 6 | Naoya Tomita | Japan | 2:10.47 | QA |
  | 4 | 3 | 5 | Ryo Tateishi | Japan | 2:10.55 | QA |
  | 5 | 2 | 4 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 2:10.93 | QA |
  | 6 | 2 | 5 | Yuta Suenaga | Japan | 2:11.38 | QA |
  | 7 | 3 | 2 | Scott Spann | United States | 2:12.15 | QA |
  | 8 | 2 | 2 | Craig Calder | Australia | 2:12.42 | QA |
  | 9 | 1 | 6 | Elliot Keefer | United States | 2:12.49 | QB |
  | 10 | 1 | 4 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:12.57 | QB |
  | 11 | 3 | 1 | Scott Dickens | Canada | 2:13.35 | QB |
  | 12 | 1 | 2 | Michael Alexandrov | United States | 2:13.98 | QB |
  | 13 | 3 | 4 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:15.02 | QB |
  | 14 | 3 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 2:15.35 | QB |
  | 15 | 1 | 7 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 2:16.21 | QB |
  | 16 | 2 | 1 | Paul Kornfeld | Canada | 2:16.88 | QB |
  | 17 | 2 | 6 | Choi Kyu-Woong | South Korea | 2:17.06 | |
  | 17 | 2 | 7 | Miguel Molina | Philippines | 2:17.06 | |
  | 19 | 1 | 5 | Neil Versfeld | South Africa | 2:18.44 | |
  | 20 | 1 | 1 | Sean Nugent | Canada | 2:18.84 | |
  | 21 | 3 | 8 | Tsui Hoi Tung | Hong Kong | 2:25.09 | |
  | - | 1 | 3 | Tales Cerdeira | Brazil | DSQ | |
  
  ### B Final
  
  The B final was held on August 21, at 19:33.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | 4 | Ryo Tateishi | Japan | 2:12.74 |
  | 10 | 5 | Elliot Keefer | United States | 2:13.10 |
  | 11 | 3 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:16.44 |
  | 12 | 2 | Paul Kornfeld | Canada | 2:16.51 |
  | 13 | 7 | Miguel Molina | Philippines | 2:16.83 |
  | 14 | 6 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 2:17.05 |
  | 15 | 1 | Choi Kyu-Woong | South Korea | 2:19.21 |
  | 16 | 8 | Tsui Hoi Tung | Hong Kong | 2:24.85 |
  
  ### A Final
  
  The A final was held on August 21, at 19:33.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:08.36 | CR |
  | | 6 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 2:09.97 | |
  | | 5 | Eric Shanteau | United States | 2:10.13 | |
  | 4 | 3 | Naoya Tomita | Japan | 2:10.99 | |
  | 5 | 8 | Scott Dickens | Canada | 2:12.61 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Craig Calder | Australia | 2:12.62 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Scott Spann | United States | 2:13.08 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:14.42 | |
  