| Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place Saanich, British Columbia, Canada |
| Dates: | August 17, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 7:55.88 |
| Gold: | Andrew Hurd |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Troyden Prinsloo |
| Silvernoc: | RSA |
| Bronze: | Ryan Cochrane |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The men's 800 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 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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 7:38.65 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 27, 2005 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 7:44.78 | Yokohama, Japan | August 24, 2002 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 17, at 11:30, and the final was held on August 17, at 18:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | Andrew Hurd | 7:55.88 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Troyden Prinsloo | 7:56.82 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | Ryan Cochrane | 7:58.32 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Kenichi Doki | 8:02.15 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Chip Peterson | 8:05.07 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Fran Crippen | 8:06.32 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Felipe May Araújo | 8:07.13 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Cameron Smith | 8:08.15 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Armando Negreiros | 8:09.27 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Bryn Murphy | 8:11.52 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Gen Ishimura | 8:12.31 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Ky Hurst | 8:13.50 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Trent Grimsey | 8:14.82 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Kier Maitland | 8:17.12 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Tang Sheng-Chieh | 8:22.34 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 5 | David Browne | 8:25.46 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Kurtis MacGillivary | 8:26.86 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Pariselli | 8:31.01 |