2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Saanich Commonwealth Place
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
Dates August 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 18 from 8 nations
Winning time 7:55.88
Medalists
 Andrew Hurd   Canada
 Troyden Prinsloo   South Africa
 Ryan Cochrane   Canada

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.[3]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.[4][5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 7:38.65 Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 27, 2005
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 7:44.78 Yokohama, Japan August 24, 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

The first round was held on August 17, at 11:30, and the final was held on August 17, at 18:15.[4][5]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)35Andrew Hurd Canada7:55.88
2nd, silver medalist(s)34Troyden Prinsloo South Africa7:56.82
3rd, bronze medalist(s)37Ryan Cochrane Canada7:58.32
438Kenichi Doki Japan8:02.15
531Chip Peterson United States8:05.07
633Fran Crippen United States8:06.32
716Felipe May Araújo Brazil8:07.13
836Cameron Smith Australia8:08.15
911Armando Negreiros Brazil8:09.27
1017Bryn Murphy New Zealand8:11.52
1115Gen Ishimura Japan8:12.31
1213Ky Hurst Australia8:13.50
1332Trent Grimsey Australia8:14.82
1412Kier Maitland Canada8:17.12
1524Tang Sheng-Chieh Chinese Taipei8:22.34
1625David Browne Australia8:25.46
1714Kurtis MacGillivary Australia8:26.86
1823Matthew Pariselli Canada8:31.01

References

  1. ↑ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria
  3. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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