| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | August 20, 2010 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Value: | 3:44.73 |
| Gold: | Park Tae-Hwan |
| Goldnoc: | KOR |
| Silver: | Ryan Cochrane |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Zhang Lin |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1] [2] [3] The last champion was Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea.[4] [5]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[6]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | July 26, 2009 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 3:41.83 | Sydney, Australia | August 22, 1999 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 20, at 10:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Park Tae-Hwan | 3:47.58 | QA | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 3:47.80 | QA | |||
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Charlie Houchin | 3:48.00 | QA | ||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Peter Vanderkaay | 3:48.39 | QA | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Michael Klueh | 3:48.85 | QA | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ryan Napoleon | 3:49.03 | QA | ||
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Ryan Cochrane | 3:49.69 | QA | ||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda | 3:49.89 | QA | ||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Robert Hurley | 3:50.02 | QB | ||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Chad La Tourette | 3:50.61 | QB | ||
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Junpei Higashi | 3:50.82 | QB | ||
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Sho Uchida | 3:51.30 | QB | ||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 3:52.14 | QB | ||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 3:53.42 | QB | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Hassaan Khalik | 3:53.45 | QB | ||
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Kenrick Monk | 3:53.53 | QB | ||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Mark Randall | 3:53.81 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Jean Basson | 3:53.90 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Sean Ryan | 3:55.87 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Sangjin Jang | 3:56.27 | |||
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Yohsuke Miyamoto | 3:56.62 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Sean Penhale | 3:56.63 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Juan Martin Pereyra | 3:56.81 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Blake Worsley | 3:57.47 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Kier Maitland | 3:57.48 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | George O'Brien | 3:59.39 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Lucas Kanieski | 3:59.48 | |||
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Yonghwan Kang | 3:59.94 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Sebastian Jahnsen | 4:00.26 | |||
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Esteban Paz | 4:00.36 | |||
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Joonmo Bae | 4:01.90 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Leonardo Fim | 4:03.74 | |||
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Christopher Ashwood | 4:03.80 | |||
| - | 5 | 8 | Stefan Hirniak | DNS |
The B final was held on August 20, at 18:22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Michael Klueh | 3:50.36 | |||
| 10 | 5 | Sho Uchida | 3:51.02 | |||
| 11 | 6 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 3:51.37 | |||
| 12 | 1 | Jean Basson | 3:51.38 | |||
| 13 | 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 3:51.61 | |||
| 14 | 7 | Mark Randall | 3:51.70 | |||
| 15 | 8 | Sangjin Jang | 3:55.96 | |||
| 16 | 2 | Hassaan Khalik | 3:58.15 |
The A final was held on August 20, at 18:22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Park Tae-Hwan | 3:44.73 | ||||
| 2 | 3:46.78 | |||||
| 5 | Zhang Lin | 3:46.91 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 3:47.11 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | Charlie Houchin | 3:47.98 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Takeshi Matsuda | 3:49.10 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Robert Hurley | 3:49.36 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Junpei Higashi | 3:51.90 |