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

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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
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Canada
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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

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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

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal 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 place, gold medalist(s) 3 5 Andrew Hurd  Canada 7:55.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 4 Troyden Prinsloo  South Africa 7:56.82
3rd place, 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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  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. ^ a b "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.