The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.[3]
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Saanich Commonwealth Place | |||||||||
| Dates | August 20, 2006 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:06.11 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Grant Hackett (AUS)
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14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 29, 2001 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS)
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14:41.65 | Yokohama, Japan | August 28, 2002 |
Results
editAll 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 20, at 11:21, and the final was held on August 20, at 20:05.[4][5]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 4 | Park Tae-Hwan |  South Korea |
15:06.11 | |
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3 | 5 | Erik Vendt |  United States |
15:07.17 | |
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3 | 2 | Takeshi Matsuda |  Japan |
15:08.97 | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Ryan Cochrane |  Canada |
15:13.44 | |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States |
15:16.89 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Robert Margalis | United States |
15:19.11 | |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Troyden Prinsloo |  South Africa |
15:19.25 | |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Michael Klueh | United States |
15:20.87 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Andrew Hurd | Canada |
15:23.25 | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Kenichi Doki | Japan |
15:30.55 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Kang Yong-Hwan | South Korea |
15:32.93 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Trent Grimsey | Australia |
15:33.31 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Bryn Murphy |  New Zealand |
15:33.55 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Gen Ishimura | Japan |
15:35.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Armando Negreiros |  Brazil |
15:38.66 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Cameron Smith | Australia |
15:43.98 | |
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Kier Maitland | Canada |
15:46.91 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Kurtis MacGillivary | Australia |
16:01.28 | |
| 19 | 2 | 3 | He Xiaofeng |  China |
16:03.87 | |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Tang Sheng-Chieh |  Chinese Taipei |
16:06.77 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Matthew Pariselli | Canada |
16:10.05 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Pan Kevin-Owen | Chinese Taipei |
16:13.11 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | Fran Crippen | United States |
DSQ |
References
edit- ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.