| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||
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| 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 |
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.
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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Grant Hackett (AUS)
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7:38.65 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 27, 2005 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS)
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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.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | 5 | Andrew Hurd |  Canada |
7:55.88 | |
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3 | 4 | Troyden Prinsloo |  South Africa |
7:56.82 | |
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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
- "Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 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
- ^ "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.