The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.[4]
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Saanich Commonwealth Place | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19, 2006 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:45.72 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[5]
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
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3:40.08 | Manchester, Great Britain | July 30, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ian Thorpe (AUS)
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3:41.83 | Sydney, Australia | August 22, 1999 |
Results edit
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 |
Heats edit
The first round was held on August 19, at 10:21.[1]
B Final edit
The B final was held on August 19, at 18:18.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Peter Vanderkaay |  United States |
3:49.42 | |
| 10 | 6 | Armando Negreiros |  Brazil |
3:53.82 | |
| 11 | 7 | Hisato Matsumoto |  Japan |
3:54.70 | |
| 12 | 5 | Joshua Krogh | Australia |
3:55.16 | |
| 13 | 1 | Xin Tong |  China |
3:55.27 | |
| 14 | 2 | Kenichi Doki | Japan |
3:55.81 | |
| 15 | 8 | Nicholas Ffrost | Australia |
3:55.94 | |
| 16 | 3 | Felipe May Araújo | Brazil |
3:58.70 |
A Final edit
The A final was held on August 19, at 18:18.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Park Tae-Hwan |  South Korea |
3:45.72 | |
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2 | Zhang Lin | China |
3:47.07 | |
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3 | Klete Keller | United States |
3:47.17 | |
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Hurd |  Canada |
3:49.32 | |
| 5 | 5 | Robert Margalis | United States |
3:49.67 | |
| 6 | 1 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan |
3:50.96 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada |
3:53.70 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kang Yong-Hwan | South Korea |
3:54.05 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Results of the 400-metre freestyle finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine