2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Ryan Cochrane of Canada.[2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates12 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time7:43.74
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Australia

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 7:44.78 Yokohama, Japan 24 August 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.[4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.[3]

Total ranking

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Zane Grothe United States7:43.74CR
23Jordan Wilimovsky United States7:45.19
33Jack McLoughlin Australia7:47.31
43Guilherme Costa Brazil7:51.67
52Robert Finke United States7:52.57
63Mack Horton Australia7:53.42
73Naito Ehara Japan7:55.02
83Shogo Takeda Japan7:56.01
92James Brinegar United States7:58.79
102Kohei Yamamoto Japan7:59.04
112Alex Pratt Canada8:03.12
122Jeremy Bagshaw Canada8:03.38
132Ayatsugu Hirai Japan8:04.63
143Peter Brothers Canada8:05.37
152Grant Shoults United States8:09.35
161Wesley Roberts Cook Islands8:22.62
171Noel Keane Palau9:24.88
181Mark Imazu Guam10:07.46

Award ranking

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Zane Grothe United States7:43.74CR
Jordan Wilimovsky United States7:45.19
Jack McLoughlin Australia7:47.31
4Guilherme Costa Brazil7:51.67
5Mack Horton Australia7:53.42
6Naito Ehara Japan7:55.02
7Shogo Takeda Japan7:56.01
8Alex Pratt Canada8:03.12

References

  1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 800m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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