| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 20, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 8:24.56 |
| Gold: | Kate Ziegler |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Ai Shibata |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Hayley Peirsol |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 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 | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 20, at 11:01, and the final was held on August 20, at 18:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | Kate Ziegler | 8:24.56 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Ai Shibata | 8:26.41 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Hayley Peirsol | 8:27.57 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Sachiko Yamada | 8:30.29 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Yurie Yano | 8:34.45 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Brittany Reimer | 8:37.84 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Melissa Gorman | 8:37.90 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Kelsey Ditto | 8:38.34 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Linda Mackenzie | 8:38.61 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Kristel Köbrich | 8:40.95 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Tanya Hunks | 8:41.43 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Cecilia Biagioli | 8:42.12 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Stephanie Williams | 8:44.59 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Savannah King | 8:45.21 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Lee Ji-Eun | 8:51.93 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Kylie Palmer | 8:53.38 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Monica Stitski | 8:56.29 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Sarah Paton | 9:02.77 |