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

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]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
DatesAugust 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time7:55.88
Medalists
    Canada
    South Africa
    Canada

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
35Andrew Hurd Canada7:55.88
34Troyden Prinsloo South Africa7:56.82
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". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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