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

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors12 from 5 nations
Winning time15:55.01
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Japan
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The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2] The last champion was Diana Munz of US.[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  Janet Evans (USA) 15:52.10 Orlando, United States March 26, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record  Hayley Lewis (AUS) 16:04.84 Kobe, Japan August 12, 1992

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 17, at 11:12, and the final was held on August 17, at 20:14.[4][5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 4 Kate Ziegler  United States 15:55.01 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 5 Hayley Peirsol  United States 15:57.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 2 Ai Shibata  Japan 16:11.13
4 2 1 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 16:25.85
5 2 3 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 16:28.47
6 2 6 Melissa Gorman  Australia 16:29.10
7 1 4 Kelsey Ditto  United States 16:31.95
8 2 8 Savannah King  Canada 16:46.38
9 2 7 Sarah Paton  Australia 16:55.97
10 1 5 Monica Stitski  Canada 17:04.78
11 1 6 Lauren Arndt  Australia 17:16.93
12 1 3 Melissa Benson  Australia 17:43.09

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  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 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.