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

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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
gold medal    South Korea
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
← 2002
2010 →

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]

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

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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

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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 20, at 11:21, and the final was held on August 20, at 20:05.[4][5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 4 Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea 15:06.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 5 Erik Vendt  United States 15:07.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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. ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2014.