2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The meet was initially staged biennially , to allow for an international championship-level meet in the non-Olympic and non-World Championships years...

, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...

, United States
United States
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, from August 18–22.

Medal table

1 27 17 7 51
2 4 12 10 26
3 2 4 5 11
4 2 2 6 10
5 1 1 0 2
6 0 1 3 4
7 0 0 2 2
7 0 0 2 2
9 0 0 1 1
9 0 0 1 1
Total 36 37 35 108


By agreement of the charter nations, medals from the 50 m backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events would not count towards the official medals standings. These events are not typically swum at the Pan Pacific Championships, but were added to the schedule this year as the meet served as a qualifying meet for several other large international competitions.

Events

The swimming program for 2010 will have a total number of 42 events (21 each for men and women). The following events will be contested:
  • Freestyle
    Freestyle swimming
    Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

    : 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
  • Backstroke
    Backstroke
    The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

    : 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Breaststroke
    Breaststroke
    The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

    : 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Butterfly
    Butterfly stroke
    The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

    : 50, 100 m, 200 m
  • Individual medley
    Medley swimming
    Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

    : 200 m, 400 m
  • Relay: 4×100 m free, 4×200 m free; 4×100 m medley
  • Marathon
    Open water swimming
    Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs.The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.In...

    : 10 km


The 50 m butterfly, 50 m backstroke, and 50 m breaststroke events will not count toward the team scores.

Qualifying criteria

Unlike the World Championships and Olympic Games
Swimming at the Summer Olympics
Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. Along with track & field athletics and gymnastics it is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Games and the one with the largest number of events....

, nations can enter as many people as they like in the preliminaries of each event (in most international meets, only two swimmers from each nation are permitted). However, only two swimmers per nation can qualify for the semi-finals and finals. Prior to FINA
Fina
Fina may refer to:*Fina, a character in the Skies of Arcadia video game*FINA, the International Swimming Federation*FINA, the North American Forum on Integration...

's creation of semi-finals in the late 1990s, a total of 3 swimmers per country could qualify for the final and consolation heats of an event, with no more than 2 swimmers per country in a final or consolation.

For relays, each country may enter up to one team in each relay event to swim in the final heat and count toward the team score. Countries may also enter a “B” relay that will swim in a preceding heat. These “B” relays may not score points and are not eligible for medals. An NOC may enter up to 1 swimmer per sex (2 total), if they have no swimmers meeting any qualifying B standard.

Men's events

50 m freestyle 21.55 CR 21.57 21.89
100 m freestyle 48.15 CR 48.19 48.48
200 m freestyle 1:45.30 1:46.27 1:46.65
400 m freestyle 3:44.73 3:46.78 3:46.91
800 m freestyle 7:48.71 7:51.62 7:51.87
1500 m freestyle 14:49.47 14:54.48 14:58.90
50 m backstroke* 24.86 24.98 25.02
100 m backstroke 53.31 CR 53.63 53.67
200 m backstroke 1:54.12 CR 1:54.90 1:55.21
50 m breaststroke* 27.26 27.52 27.63
100 m breaststroke 59.35 1:00.18 1:00.24
200 m breaststroke 2.08.36 CR 2.09.97 2.10.13
50 m butterfly* 23.03 CR 23.33 23.39
100 m butterfly 50.86 CR 51.85 52.12
200 m butterfly 1:54.11 1:54.73 1:54.81
200 m individual medley 1:54.43 CR 1:57.61 1:57.83
400 m individual medley 4:07.59 CR 4:09.55 4:12.09
4×100 m freestyle relay
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...

 (48.13) CR
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...

 (47.98)
Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...

 (48.12)
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle ....

 (47.51)
3:11.74 CR

Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...

 (49.19)
Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson (swimmer)
Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...

 (48.48)
Cameron Prosser (48.38)
James Magnussen
James Magnussen
James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,...

 (48.25)
3:14.30

Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns is a retired Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

 (49.19)
Gideon Louw (48.40)
Roland Schoeman (49.95)
Graeme Moore (48.39)
3:15.93
4×200 m freestyle relay
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...

 (1:45.62)
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...

 (1:46.46)
Ricky Berens
Ricky Berens
Richard Berens is an American Olympic swimmer.-Career:At the 2007 Pan American Games, Berens won a gold medal in the 4x100 m medley, and silver medals in both the 4x100 m freestyle and 4x200 m freestyle relays.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Berens won the gold medal in the men's 4x200 m freestyle...

 (1:46.49)
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...

 (1:45.27)
7:03.84 CR

Takeshi Matsuda
Takeshi Matsuda
is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event...

 (1:47.08)
Yuki Kobori (1:47.90)
Yoshihiro Okumura
Yoshihiro Okumura
is a Japanese international swimmer, competing in the freestyle. He won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. A year earlier, at the 2003 Summer Universiade, he won the title in the Men's 200m Freestyle....

 (1:48.17)
Sho Uchida
Sho Uchida
is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships*200m freestyle 17th *400m freestyle 14th *800m freestyle 13th *4×200m freestyle relay 5th 2008 Beijing Olympics...

  (1:47.86)
7:11.01

Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Thomas William Fraser-Holmes is an Australian swimmer who made his international debut in 2010.- External links :...

 (1:47.70)
Nicholas Ffrost (1:47.71)
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick John Monk is an Australian swimmer.He attended Quakers Hill High School for his high school education.-Career:...

 (1:46.82)
Leith Brodie
Leith Brodie
Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:...

 (1:48.82)
7:11.05
4×100 m medley relay
Aaron Peirsol
Aaron Peirsol
Aaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay...

 (53.91)
Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...

 (1:00.45)
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...

 (50.58)
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle ....

 (47.54)
3:32.48

Junya Koga
Junya Koga
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is currently a Waseda University student in Tokyo.In May 2009, he set the Japanese records in the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes at the 2009 Japan Championships, qualifying for Japan's team to the 2009 World Championships....

 (53.87)
Kosuke Kitajima
Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...

 (59.18)
Masayuk Kishida (52.07)
Takuro Fujii
Takuro Fujii
is a Japanese swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Personal bests:In long course* 100m freestyle: 48.73 Asian, Japanese Record...

 (48.78)
3:33.90

Ashley Delaney
Ashley Delaney
Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...

 (53.97)
Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

 (1:01.21)
Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill
Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...

 (51.45)
Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson (swimmer)
Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...

 (48.92)
3:35.55
10 km open water 1:56:00.02 1:56.02.74 1:56:02.98

Women's events

50 m freestyle 24.63 CR 24.70 24.76
100 m freestyle 53.67 CR
53.96   Not awarded
200 m freestyle 1:56.10 CR 1:57.13 1:57.27
400 m freestyle 4:05.19 4:05.84 4:06.36
800 m freestyle 8:21.59 8:24.51 8:26.38
1500 m freestyle 16:01.53 16:03.26 16:06.57
50 m backstroke* 27.83 28.04

28.44
100 m backstroke 59.45 CR 59.59 59.70
200 m backstroke 2:07.83 2:08.10 2:08.60
50 m breaststroke* 30.03 30.75 30.78
100 m breaststroke 1:04.93 CR 1:05.66 1:07.04
200 m breaststroke 2:20.69 CR 2:23.23 2:23.65
50 m butterfly* 25.99 =CR 26.08 26.33
100 m butterfly 57.56 57.95 57.99
200 m butterfly 2:06.90 2:06.93 2:07.27
200 m individual medley 2:09.93 CR 2:10.25 2:11.21
400 m individual medley 4:34.69 4:37.84 4:38.03
4×100 m freestyle relay
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...

 (54.25)
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....

 (53.43)
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir is an American swimmer.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time...

 (53.85)
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...

 (53.58)
3:35.11 CR

Yolane Kukla
Yolane Kukla
Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...

 (55.51)
Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

 (53.86)
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...

 (54.34)
Felicity Galvez
Felicity Galvez
Felicity Madeline Galvez OAM is an Australian swimmer and two time Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne, Victoria. She was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.- Career :...

 (54.35)
3:38.06

Victoria Poon (54.46)
Julia Wilkinson
Julia Wilkinson
Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...

 (54.60)
Erica Morningstar
Erica Morningstar
Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...

 (54.73)
Genevieve Saumur
Geneviève Saumur
Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...

(54.35)
3:38.14
NR
4×200 m freestyle relay
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...

 (1:58.05)
Morgan Scroggy
Morgan Scroggy
-Career:At the 2010 US National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Scroggy placed third in both the 200 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke, and fourth in the 200 m freestyle, earning a place on the...

 (1:57.89)
Katie Hoff
Katie Hoff
Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...

 (1:58.70)
Allison Schmitt
Allison Schmitt
Allison Schmitt is an American swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Schmitt has won a total of six medals in major international competition, three gold, two silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal...

 (1:56.57)
7:51.21 CR

Blair Evans
Blair Evans
Blair Catherine Evans is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer. Evans made her international debut for Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships where she competed in the 800 m freestyle....

 (1:58.31)
Kylie Palmer
Kylie Palmer
Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...

 (1:58.01)
Katie Goldman (1:58.19)
Meagen Nay
Meagen Nay
Meagen Marree Nay is an Olympic swimmer from Australia. She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 200m backstroke and placed seventh in the final. Nay is the Australian record holder in the 200m backstroke....

 (1:58.13)
7:52.64

Geneviève Saumur
Geneviève Saumur
Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...

 (1:58.52)
Julia Wilkinson
Julia Wilkinson
Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...

 (1:58.20)
Barbara Jardin (1:58.46)
Samantha Cheverton (1:59.14)
7:54.32
4×100 m medley relay
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...

 (59.85)
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...

 (1:05.35)
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...

 (56.91)
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....

 (53.12)
3:55.23 CR

Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

 (59.34) CR
Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...

 (1:05.38)
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...

 (57.86)
Yolane Kukla
Yolane Kukla
Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...

 (54.38)
3:56.96

Aya Terakawa
Aya Terakawa
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2001 World Aquatics Championships - 200m backstroke 8th * 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - 200m backstroke 2nd...

 (59.41)
Satomi Suzuki (1:06.54)
Yuka Kato
Yuka Kato
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2007 World Championships* 50m butterfly 10th 2008 Beijing Olympics* 100m butterfly 23rd * 4×100m medley relay 6th - Personal Bests :In long course...

 (57.96)
Haruka Ueda
Haruka Ueda
is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd * 2007 World Championships – 100m freestyle 39th * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 200m freestyle 13th -Personal bests:In long course:...

 (53.84)
3:57.75
10 km open water 2:00:33.83 2:00:35.76 2:00:56.57

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