2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
- August 24-27, 2022
- Mark Takai Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)
- Prelims 9:00 AM / Finals 5:00 PM (GMT-10)
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Streaming
- Five main story lines – boys
- Five main story lines – girls
The 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which brings together swimmers from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, and Singapore, is being hosted by the U.S. in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is open to athletes aged 13-18 as of December 31st of the competition year. Each nation is limited to two athletes in the scored A final and two in the B final.
The United States won six of the nine events on Wednesday, the first day of competition in Honolulu. Erin Gemmell kicked off the U.S. medal run with a win and meet record in the 200 free. Maggie Wanezek followed with a gold in the 100 back. Daniel Diehl won the boys’ 100 back in meet-record time and he lowered his own 15-16 NAG record. Aaron Shackell took home the gold and the meet record in the 200 fly. Jillian Cox was victorious in the 800 free. The mixed 400 medley relay of Diehl, Zhier Fan, Alex Shackell, and Anna Moesch wrapped up the first night with a meet record.
Flynn Southam and Joshua Staples earned a pair of gold medals for Australia. Southam broke the meet record in the 200 free and Staples won the 1500 free.
Japan’s Airi Mitsui broke the meet record in the 200 fly en route to her gold medal.
Medals Table through Day 1
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
Team Points through Day 1
| Rank | Nation | Girls | Boys | Mixed | Combined |
| 1 | United States | 56 | 57 | 18 | 131 |
| 2 | Australia | 40 | 34 | 14 | 88 |
| 3 | Japan | 30 | 30 | 12 | 72 |
| 4 | Canada | 21 | 25 | 10 | 56 |
| 5 | Singapore | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Fiji | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Samoa | 2 | 2 |