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

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates:	August 20, 2006 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	10
Win Value:	15:06.11
Gold:	Park Tae-Hwan
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Erik Vendt
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Takeshi Matsuda
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2002
Next:	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

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

World record		14:34.56	Fukuoka, Japan	July 29, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record		14:41.65	Yokohama, Japan	August 28, 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:21, and the final was held on August 20, at 20:05.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	4	Park Tae-Hwan		15:06.11
	3	5	Erik Vendt		15:07.17
	3	2	Takeshi Matsuda		15:08.97
4	3	8	Ryan Cochrane		15:13.44
5	3	7	Peter Vanderkaay		15:16.89
6	1	4	Robert Margalis		15:19.11
7	3	6	Troyden Prinsloo		15:19.25
8	1	5	Michael Klueh		15:20.87
9	3	3	Andrew Hurd		15:23.25
10	3	1	Kenichi Doki		15:30.55
11	1	8	Kang Yong-Hwan		15:32.93
12	1	1	Trent Grimsey		15:33.31
13	2	4	Bryn Murphy		15:33.55
14	1	6	Gen Ishimura		15:35.43
15	2	1	Armando Negreiros		15:38.66
16	1	2	Cameron Smith		15:43.98
17	2	5	Kier Maitland		15:46.91
18	1	3	Kurtis MacGillivary		16:01.28
19	2	3	He Xiaofeng		16:03.87
20	2	6	Tang Sheng-Chieh		16:06.77
21	2	2	Matthew Pariselli		16:10.05
22	2	7	Pan Kevin-Owen		16:13.11
-	1	7	Fran Crippen		DSQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . January 18, 2014.
2. Web site: 2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria . 2014-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107014441/http://www.swimvortex.com/2006-pan-pacific-swimming-championships-to-be-held-in-victoria-bc/ . 2014-01-07 . dead .
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. Web site: 1500-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . January 18, 2014.
5. Web site: 1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . January 18, 2014.