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
    Canada
    South Africa
    Canada
2006 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Victoria, Canada
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 5 Andrew Hurd  Canada 7:55.88
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 4 Troyden Prinsloo  South Africa 7:56.82
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 7 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 7:58.32
4 3 8 Kenichi Doki  Japan 8:02.15
5 3 1 Chip Peterson  United States 8:05.07
6 3 3 Fran Crippen  United States 8:06.32
7 1 6 Felipe May Araújo  Brazil 8:07.13
8 3 6 Cameron Smith  Australia 8:08.15
9 1 1 Armando Negreiros  Brazil 8:09.27
10 1 7 Bryn Murphy  New Zealand 8:11.52
11 1 5 Gen Ishimura  Japan 8:12.31
12 1 3 Ky Hurst  Australia 8:13.50
13 3 2 Trent Grimsey  Australia 8:14.82
14 1 2 Kier Maitland  Canada 8:17.12
15 2 4 Tang Sheng-Chieh  Chinese Taipei 8:22.34
16 2 5 David Browne  Australia 8:25.46
17 1 4 Kurtis MacGillivary  Australia 8:26.86
18 2 3 Matthew Pariselli  Canada 8:31.01

References

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