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
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, 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 3 5 Andrew Hurd  Canada 7:55.88
2nd 3 4 Troyden Prinsloo  South Africa 7:56.82
3rd 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

  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
  4. 4.0 4.1 "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.