2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 20, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time15:06.11
Medalists
    South Korea
    United States
    Japan

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) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan July 29, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:41.65 Yokohama, Japan August 28, 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 20, at 11:21, and the final was held on August 20, at 20:05.[4][5]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
34Park Tae-Hwan South Korea15:06.11
35Erik Vendt United States15:07.17
32Takeshi Matsuda Japan15:08.97
438Ryan Cochrane Canada15:13.44
537Peter Vanderkaay United States15:16.89
614Robert Margalis United States15:19.11
736Troyden Prinsloo South Africa15:19.25
815Michael Klueh United States15:20.87
933Andrew Hurd Canada15:23.25
1031Kenichi Doki Japan15:30.55
1118Kang Yong-Hwan South Korea15:32.93
1211Trent Grimsey Australia15:33.31
1324Bryn Murphy New Zealand15:33.55
1416Gen Ishimura Japan15:35.43
1521Armando Negreiros Brazil15:38.66
1612Cameron Smith Australia15:43.98
1725Kier Maitland Canada15:46.91
1813Kurtis MacGillivary Australia16:01.28
1923He Xiaofeng China16:03.87
2026Tang Sheng-Chieh Chinese Taipei16:06.77
2122Matthew Pariselli Canada16:10.05
2227Pan Kevin-Owen Chinese Taipei16:13.11
-17Fran Crippen United StatesDSQ

References

  1. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 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. "1500-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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