| Event: | Women's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 17, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Win Value: | 15:55.01 |
| Gold: | Kate Ziegler |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Hayley Peirsol |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Ai Shibata |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 15:52.10 | Orlando, United States | March 26, 1988 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 16:04.84 | Kobe, Japan | August 12, 1992 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 17, at 11:12, and the final was held on August 17, at 20:14.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | Kate Ziegler | 15:55.01 | CR | |||
| 2 | 5 | Hayley Peirsol | 15:57.36 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Ai Shibata | 16:11.13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Kristel Köbrich | 16:25.85 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Sachiko Yamada | 16:28.47 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Melissa Gorman | 16:29.10 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Kelsey Ditto | 16:31.95 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Savannah King | 16:46.38 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Sarah Paton | 16:55.97 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Monica Stitski | 17:04.78 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Lauren Arndt | 17:16.93 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Melissa Benson | 17:43.09 |