| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 19, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Win Value: | 3:12.46 |
| Gold: | Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Eamon Sullivan, Ian Thorpe, Leith Brodie and Kenrick Monk |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Rick Say, Brent Hayden, Colin Russell and Matthew Rose |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1] [2] The last champion was Australia.[3]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Roland Schoeman (48.17) Lyndon Ferns (48.13) Darian Townsend (48.96) Ryk Neethling (47.91) | 3:13.17 | Athens, Greece | August 15, 2004 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | David Fox (49.32) Joe Hudepohl (49.11) Jon Olsen (48.17) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51) | 3:15.11 | Atlanta, United States | August 12, 1995 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.
The final was held on August 19, at 20:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Michael Phelps (48.83) Neil Walker (47.89) Cullen Jones (47.96) Jason Lezak (47.78) | 3:12.46 | WR | |||
| 4 | Rick Say (49.79) Brent Hayden (48.07) Colin Russell (49.09) Matthew Rose (49.17) | 3:16.12 | ||||
| 5 | Eamon Sullivan (49.30) Andrew Mewing (49.22) Leith Brodie (49.16) Kenrick Monk (48.74) | 3:16.42 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Takamitsu Kojima (50.22) Daisuke Hosokawa (49.33) Makoto Ito (49.78) Hiroaki Yamamoto (49.87) | 3:19.20 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Corney Swanepoel (51.17) Michael Jack (50.82) Robert Voss (50.26) Cameron Gibson (50.09) | 3:22.34 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Yuan Ping (54.21) Chen Te-Tung (54.62) Tsai Kuo-Chuan (54.63) Tang Sheng-Chieh (54.49) | 3:37.95 | |||
| - | 2 | César Cielo (49.55) Rodrigo Castro (48.96) Nicolas Oliveira (-) Fernando Silva (-) | DSQ |