Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

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The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. [1] 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.

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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. [1] 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. [1]

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

EditionYearHost CityHost CountryDatesMedal table winners
1 1985 Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15–18 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
2 1987 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13–16 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
3 1989 Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17–20 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
4 1991 Edmonton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22–25 August [2] Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 1993 Kobe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12–15 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
6 1995 Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10–13 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
7 1997 Fukuoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 10–13 August [3] Flag of the United States.svg United States
8 1999 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22–29 August [4] Flag of the United States.svg United States
9 2002 Yokohama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24–29 August [5] Flag of the United States.svg United States
10 2006 Victoria Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17–20 August [6] Flag of the United States.svg United States
11 2010 Irvine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18–22 August [7] Flag of the United States.svg United States
12 2014 Gold Coast Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21–25 August [1] Flag of the United States.svg United States
13 2018 Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9–13 AugustFlag of the United States.svg United States
14 2026TBDFlag of the United States.svg  United States TBA

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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 277192140609
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 98136107341
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 314973153
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 184574137
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5101227
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55616
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 461626
8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4217
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 34916
10Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3249
11Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1012
12Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1001
13Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0101
14Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0011
Totals (14 entries)4504524441346

Records

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. [8]

List of championships

Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: [9] [10]

EditionYearHostVenueHost CountryDatesMedal table winners
1 2005 Maui Kihei Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6–9 January [11] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2 2007 Maui Kihei Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11–14 January [12] Flag of the United States.svg United States
3 2009 Guam Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 8–11 January [13] Flag of the United States.svg United States
4 2010 Maui Kihei Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 26–30 August [14] Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 2012 Honolulu Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23–27 August [15] Flag of the United States.svg United States
6 2014 Maui Kihei Aquatic Center, Ulua Beach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27–31 August [16] Flag of the United States.svg United States
7 2016 Maui Lahaina Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24–27 August [17] Flag of the United States.svg United States
8 2018 Suva Damodar Aquatic CentreFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 23–26 August [18] Flag of the United States.svg United States
9 2022 Honolulu Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24–27 August [19] Flag of the United States.svg United States
10 2024 Canberra AIS Aquatic CentreFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21–24 August [20]

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