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Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Annual swimming event

The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. It was founded as an alternative to the European Championships, for those countries that could not swim in those championships, in a manner similar to the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships which provide a similar 'continental' championships for non-European nations.

The meet was founded by its four Charter nations's swimming federations: Swimming Australia (Australia), Swimming Canada (Canada), Japan Swimming Federation (Japan), and USA Swimming (United States). As part of the Charter, hosting of the meet is to rotate among these four nations, with the meet being held in Japan every other championship. Initially, the meet was open to all countries that border the Pacific Ocean, giving the meet its name. This since has been expanded/opened to include other non-European countries wishing to participate, such as Brazil and South Africa.

The meet is considered to be one of the toughest international swimming competitions outside the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, due in part to the presence of swimming power-house nationals like the United States and Australia, the first and second most medals winners, respectively.

History

The meet was initially staged biennially (every odd year), to allow for an international championship-level meet in the non-Olympic and non-World Championships years. However, beginning with the 2002 championships, due to the changing of the World Championships from every four years (even year between Olympics) to every two years (every odd year), the meet is a quadrennial event, held in the even year between Summer Olympics.

Unlike the World Championships and Olympic Games, 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 Championships' semi-finals and finals. Prior to FINA'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.

List of championships

Edition	Year	Host city	Dates	Ref.
1	1985	Tokyo	15–18 August
2	1987	Brisbane	13–16 August
3	1989	Tokyo	17–20 August
4	1991	Edmonton	22–25 August
5	1993	Kobe	12–15 August
6	1995	Atlanta	10–13 August
7	1997	Fukuoka	10–13 August	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235707/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=927&Alias=rainbow&Lang=en&mid=2687&ItemId=2133	date=3 March 2016 }} page from the USA Swimming website (usaswimming.org); retrieved 2012-05-11.
8	1999	Sydney	22–29 August	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051320/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=927&Alias=rainbow&Lang=en&mid=2687&ItemId=2138	date=4 March 2016 }} page from the USA Swimming website (usaswimming.org); retrieved 2012-05-11.
9	2002	Yokohama	24–29 August	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219160805/http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=927&Alias=rainbow&Lang=en&mid=2687&ItemId=2143	date=19 December 2014}} page from the USA Swimming website (usaswimming.org); retrieved 2012-05-11.
10	2006	Victoria	17–20 August	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902033907/http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2006/victoria_2006/index.htm	date=2 September 2011}} from Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
11	2010	Irvine	18–22 August	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902033907/http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2010/IrvinePPchampionships/index_by_events.htm	date=2 September 2011}} from Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
12	2014	Gold Coast	21–25 August
13	2018	Tokyo	9–13 August
14	2026	Los Angeles	12–15 August

Note: The 1995 and 1999 editions served as the swimming test events for the Olympic venues, for the next year's Games.

Medal table (1985–2018)

All-time Pan Pacific Championships medal table (Updated after 2018 Championships)

Pan Pacific Championships Records

Main article: List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming

Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, aka Junior Pan PAC’s, is a long course swimming event that features high level 18 under swimmers around the Pacific. The event is held every other even year, and takes place in the non-world championship/junior championship years. The event was last held in 2018, with others postponed or canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic; future events have been postponed until after 2022.

List of championships

Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships:

Edition	Year	Host	Venue	Dates
1	2005	Maui	Kihei Aquatic Center	6–9 January
2	2007	Maui	Kihei Aquatic Center	11–14 January
3	2009	Guam		8–11 January
4	2010	Maui	Kihei Aquatic Center	26–30 August
5	2012	Honolulu	Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center	23–27 August
6	2014	Maui	Kihei Aquatic Center, Ulua Beach	27–31 August
7	2016	Maui	Lahaina Aquatic Center	24–27 August
8	2018	Suva	Damodar Aquatic Centre	23–26 August
9	2022	Honolulu	Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center	24–27 August
10	2024	Canberra	AIS Aquatic Centre	21–24 August
11	2026	Vancouver	UBC Aquatic Centre	17–20 August

Medal table (2012–2024)

All-time Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships medal table (Updated after 2024 Junior Championships)

Records

Below are the competition records for the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. They are the fastest times recorded in the history of the championships. All events are held in a long course (50 m) pool.

All records were set in finals, unless noted otherwise.

Men

Women

Mixed

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