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Tokyo 2018 Pan Pacific Championships: By the numbers

2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships –

As the Canadian swimmers make their way home from a successful Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, take a look at some of the numbers that stood out at the event.

Medals for Canada at Tokyo 2018 Pan Pacs: 9 (2 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)

Medals for Canada at Gold Coast 2014 Pan Pacs: 7 (1 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze)

Number of gold medals: 2 (Taylor Ruck, 200 free & Kylie Masse, 100 back)

Number of gold medals for Canada at 2014 Pan Pacs: 1 (Ryan Cochrane, 800 free)

Number of medals Taylor Ruck won: 5 (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

Number of other Canadians who have ever won 5 medals at Pan Pacs: 0

Female swimmer of the championships: Kylie Masse

Number of finalists: 47

Finalists at Gold Coast 2014: 40

Last time Canada had more than 47 finalists: 1989 (51 in Tokyo)

Number of Pan Pacific Championships records: 2

Number of Canadian records: 3

Swimmers who competed for Canada: 35 (16 men, 19 women)

Number of athletes who improved at least one event from Trials: 27 (84.3%)

Number of athletes who set lifetime best times: 19

Oldest swimmer: 29 (Stephanie Horner)

Youngest swimmer: 17 (Kyla Leibel)

Number of lifetime best times swum by Leibel: 6

Number of lifetime best times swum by fellow 17-year-old Kayla Sanchez: 6

Difference in pronunciation of their first names: 0

# of swimmers leaving with a medal: 9

Distance between Toronto and Tokyo: 10,342 km

Time difference between Tokyo and Toronto: 13 hours

Days until Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: 706 days