2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men'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 Michael Phelps of US.[4]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 18, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time4:10.47
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Brazil
← 2002
2010 →

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]

Records edit

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

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 4:08.26 Athens, Greece August 14, 2004
Pan Pacific Championships record   Michael Phelps (USA) 4:12.48 Yokohama, Japan August 25, 2002

Results edit

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats edit

The first round was held on August 18, at 10:58.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Michael Phelps   United States 4:13.62 QA
2 1 4 Robert Margalis   United States 4:14.69 QA
3 2 4 Erik Vendt   United States 4:15.63 QA
4 3 5 Eric Shanteau   United States 4:15.71 QA
5 2 8 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:16.86 QA
6 3 2 Leith Brodie   Australia 4:21.65 QA
7 2 5 Hidemasa Sano   Japan 4:22.41 QA
8 1 5 Shinya Taniguchi   Japan 4:22.95 QA
9 2 2 Lucas Salatta   Brazil 4:23.46 QB
10 3 3 Travis Nederpelt   Australia 4:23.63 QB
11 3 6 Jeremy Knowles   Bahamas 4:26.17 QB
12 2 6 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 4:26.87 QB
13 1 2 Jordan Hartney   Canada 4:27.66 QB
14 2 3 Dean Kent   New Zealand 4:28.05 QB
15 1 6 David Browne   Australia 4:28.46 QB
16 1 7 He Xiaofeng   China 4:38.23 QB
17 3 8 Benjamin Guzman   Chile 4:39.90
18 3 1 Hsu Chi-Chien   Chinese Taipei 4:41.01
19 3 7 Lin Yu-An   Chinese Taipei 4:42.12
20 2 7 Tsai Kuo-Chuan   Chinese Taipei 4:44.00
21 1 1 Bogdan Knezevic   Canada 4:44.67
22 2 1 Matthew Pariselli   Canada 4:45.13
- 1 3 Brian Johns   Canada DSQ

B Final edit

The B final was held on August 18, at 19:28.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Erik Vendt   United States 4:16.72
10 6 Dean Kent   New Zealand 4:21.25
11 5 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 4:24.81
12 2 David Browne   Australia 4:26.14
13 3 Jordan Hartney   Canada 4:31.31
14 7 He Xiaofeng   China 4:36.07
15 1 Benjamin Guzman   Chile 4:42.58
- 8 Hsu Chi-Chien   Chinese Taipei DSQ

A Final edit

The A final was held on August 18, at 19:28.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Michael Phelps   United States 4:10.47 CR
  5 Robert Margalis   United States 4:13.85
  3 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 4:18.44
4 1 Travis Nederpelt   Australia 4:20.07
5 7 Shinya Taniguchi   Japan 4:20.32
6 6 Leith Brodie   Australia 4:22.49
7 8 Jeremy Knowles   Bahamas 4:28.07
- 2 Hidemasa Sano   Japan DSQ

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 400-metre individual medley heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Results of the 400-metre individual medley finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  4. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine