Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (Short form: PanPacs to German: Pan Pacific Swimming Championships ) designate a regularly scheduled international long course swimming competition, which was first held in Tokyo, Japan in 1985.

Originally taking place every two years, the Pan - Pacific Championships will be held only every four years since 2002. Among the four founding nations include: the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. These other non - European nations are regularly invited. Below: South Korea, China, New Zealand, Brazil and South Africa. The Pan Pacific Championships are after the Olympics and the World Cup and European Championships as one of the hardest and most important international swimming events because Participants include traditional floating strong nations like the U.S. and Australia it. In contrast to the World Championships or the Olympic Games, the participating nations can send as many athletes in the preliminary rounds. Nevertheless, only two swimmers to qualify for the final rounds per nation.

List of Pan Pacific Championships

• Swimming Tournament