| Event: | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 18, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Win Value: | 7:05.28 |
| Gold: | Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Brian Johns, Andrew Hurd, Brent Hayden and Colin Russell |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Leith Brodie, Andrew Mewing, Nicholas Ffrost and Kenrick Monk |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1] [2] The last champion was Australia.[3]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four 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 | Grant Hackett (1:46.11) Michael Klim (1:46.49) Bill Kirby (1:47.92) Ian Thorpe (1:44.14) | 7:04.66 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 27, 2001 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ian Thorpe (1:46.28) Bill Kirby (1:48.96) Grant Hackett (1:46.30) Michael Klim (1:47.25) | 7:08.79 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 1999 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.
The final was held on August 18, at 20:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Michael Phelps (1:45.91) Ryan Lochte (1:47.34) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.49) Klete Keller (1:45.54) | 7:05.28 | CR | |||
| 5 | Brian Johns (1:48.91) Andrew Hurd (1:47.61) Brent Hayden (1:47.36) Colin Russell (1:48.51) | 7:12.39 | ||||
| 6 | Leith Brodie (1:50.82) Andrew Mewing (1:48.66) Nicholas Ffrost (1:48.93) Kenrick Monk (1:48.80) | 7:17.21 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda (1:48.62) Takamitsu Kojima(1:49.96) Yuji Sakurai (1:49.89) Daisuke Hosokawa (1:49.16) | 7:17.63 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Robert Voss (1:51.24) Andrew McMillan (1:53.15) Ben Pickersgill-Brown (1:52.98) Michael Jack (1:52.37) | 7:29.74 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Rodrigo Castro (1:50.92) Nicolas Oliveira (1:52.81) André Schultz (1:52.07) Lucas Salatta (1:54.09) | 7:29.89 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Tsai Kuo-Chuan (1:55.04) Chen Te-Tung (1:56.29) Yuan Ping (1:54.60) Tang Sheng-Chieh (1:56.27) | 7:42.20 |