The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 15 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, California. The defending champion was Ippei Watanabe of Japan.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:05.48Fukuoka, Japan28 July 2023Pan Pacific Championships record2:07.75Tokyo, Japan12 August 2018
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational record
Heats The first round was held on 15 August from 11:10.
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Shin Ohashi 2:08.90 QA 2 2 5 Yamato Fukasawa 2:09.00 QA 3 1 4 Ippei Watanabe 2:09.72 QB 4 2 3 Josh Matheny 2:09.90 QA 5 1 5 AJ Pouch 2:10.01 QA 6 1 3 Zac Stubblety-Cook 2:10.57 QA 7 2 2 Campbell McKean 2:10.70 QB 8 1 6 Bailey Lello 2:10.76 QA 9 2 6 Oliver Dawson 2:11.00 QA 10 1 2 Apollo Hess 2:13.82 QA 11 2 7 Chan Chun Ho 2:17.37 QB 12 1 7 Giancarlo Raccanello 2:29.55 QB
B Final The finals were held on 12 August from 20:12. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Campbell McKean 2:10.28 10 4 Ippei Watanabe 2:10.67 11 3 Chan Chun Ho 2:18.32 12 6 Giancarlo Raccanello 2:29.18
A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Zac Stubblety-Cook 2:08.09 3 Josh Matheny 2:08.25 4 Shin Ohashi 2:08.27 4 7 Bailey Lello 2:09.70 5 5 Yamato Fukasawa 2:10.24 6 6 AJ Pouch 2:10.67 7 1 Oliver Dawson 2:11.23 8 8 Apollo Hess 2:15.48
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