| Event: | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 18, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 4:36.82 |
| Gold: | Katie Hoff |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Ariana Kukors |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Stephanie Rice |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1] [2] [3] The last champion was Jennifer Reilly of Australia.[4]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[5]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 4:33.59 | Sydney, Australia | September 16, 2000 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:39.25 | Kobe, Japan | August 13, 1993 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 18, at 10:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 4:40.33 | QA | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Ariana Kukors | 4:40.97 | QA | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | 4:44.83 | QA | ||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Kristen Caverly | 4:44.83 | QA | ||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | 4:46.51 | QA | ||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Kaitlin Sandeno | 4:47.04 | QA | ||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Stephanie Rice | 4:47.26 | QA | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Jung Ji-Yeon | 4:47.42 | QA | ||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Kathleen Hersey | 4:47.45 | QB | ||
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Xia Chenying | 4:48.58 | QB | ||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Helen Norfolk | 4:48.76 | QB | ||
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | 4:49.13 | QB | ||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Kirsty Coventry | 4:50.34 | QB | ||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Elizabeth Beisel | 4:50.41 | QB | ||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Liu Jing | 4:51.14 | QB | ||
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Joanna Maranhão | 4:51.96 | QB | ||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Izumi Kato | 4:52.97 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Alexa Komarnycky | 4:56.14 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Kristen Bradley | 4:56.86 | |||
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Stephanie Horner | 4:56.93 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Monica Stitski | 4:57.30 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Melanie Dodds | 5:03.15 | |||
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Siow Yi Ting | 5:06.46 |
The B final was held on August 18, at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Kristen Caverly | 4:45.21 | |||
| 10 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | 4:45.25 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 4:50.37 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | 4:50.43 | |||
| 13 | 6 | Liu Jing | 4:50.60 | |||
| 14 | 2 | Joanna Maranhão | 4:50.70 | |||
| 15 | 8 | Kristen Bradley | 4:52.06 | |||
| 16 | 7 | Izumi Kato | 4:55.84 |
The A final was held on August 18, at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4:36.82 | CR | ||||
| 5 | Ariana Kukors | 4:39.68 | ||||
| 2 | Stephanie Rice | 4:41.83 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | 4:45.62 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | 4:46.63 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Xia Chenying | 4:47.49 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Jung Ji-Yeon | 4:47.83 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Helen Norfolk | 4:48.07 |