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

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates:	August 18, 2010 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	20
Nations:	7
Win Value:	8:21.59
Gold:	Kate Ziegler
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Chloe Sutton
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Katie Goldman
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Kate Ziegler of US.^{[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		8:14.10	Beijing, China	August 16, 2008
Pan Pacific Championships record		8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 18, at 11:50, and the final was held on August 18, at 18:00.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	6	Kate Ziegler		8:21.59
	3	5	Chloe Sutton		8:24.51
	3	4	Katie Goldman		8:26.38
4	1	6	Melissa Gorman		8:30.45
5	3	2	Kristel Kobrich		8:31.95
6	3	7	Maiko Fujino		8:33.84
7	3	3	Blair Evans		8:34.80
8	1	3	Haley Anderson		8:35.33
9	1	1	Lauren Boyle		8:36.65
10	3	1	Yumi Kida		8:37.57
11	1	7	Chika Yonenaga		8:40.29
12	1	5	Emily Brunemann		8:40.95
13	1	4	Kylie Palmer		8:45.85
14	1	8	Cara Baker		8:46.63
15	2	5	Miho Takahashi		8:49.87
16	3	8	Savannah King		8:50.57
17	1	2	Lindsay Seemann		8:50.75
18	2	3	Nadine Williams		8:51.46
19	2	4	Zsofia Balazs		8:54.28
20	2	6	Sarah Correa		9:10.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 18, 2010 . January 5, 2014.
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 . January 5, 2014.
5. Web site: 800-metre freestyle heats at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 18, 2010 . January 5, 2014.
6. Web site: 800-metre freestyle "final" at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 18, 2010 . January 5, 2014.