2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates:	August 21, 2010 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	9
Win Value:	7:48.71
Gold:	Ryan Cochrane
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Chad La Tourette
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Takeshi Matsuda
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Andrew Hurd of Canada.^{[3] [4]}

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.^{[5] [6]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		7:32.12	Rome, Italy	July 29, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		7:44.78	Yokohama, Japan	August 24, 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 21, at 11:37, and the final was held on August 21, at 16:59.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	3	Ryan Cochrane		7:48.71
	4	6	Chad La Tourette		7:51.62
	4	4	Takeshi Matsuda		7:51.87
4	4	5	Robert Hurley		7:52.71
5	4	7	Peter Vanderkaay		7:54.10
6	2	6	Charlie Houchin		7:55.98
7	1	5	Junpei Higashi		7:58.73
8	1	6	Arthur Frayler		7:59.77
9	1	7	Michael Klueh		8:01.57
10	2	4	Mark Randall		8:01.91
11	4	2	Yohsuke Miyamoto		8:01.96
12	4	1	Lucas Kanieski		8:07.68
13	1	3	Kier Maitland		8:07.84
14	2	3	Sean Penhale		8:08.46
15	2	2	Juan Martin Pereyra		8:09.98
16	3	4	Blake Worsley		8:10.11
17	2	5	Esteban Paz		8:12.52
18	3	3	George O'Brien		8:15.28
19	4	8	Kang Yong-Hwan		8:15.57
20	1	4	Luiz Arapiraca		8:17.17
21	3	5	Esteban Enderica		8:25.11
22	2	7	Leonardo Fim		8:27.36

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 21, 2010 . December 17, 2013.
2. http://www.panpacificswimming.com/docs/2010_Pan_Pacs_handbook.pdf 2010 Pan Pacific handbook
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. Web site: 2006 Pan Pacific - Full Results . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2006 . December 17, 2013.
5. Web site: 800-metre freestyle heats at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 21, 2010 . December 17, 2013.
6. Web site: 800-metre freestyle "final" at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 21, 2010 . December 17, 2013.