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:

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
	3	5	Andrew Hurd	Canada	7:55.88
	3	4	Troyden Prinsloo	South Africa	7:56.82
	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". 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.