2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2][3] The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.[4]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 19, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors35 from 11 nations
Winning time3:45.72
Medalists
gold medal    South Korea
silver medal    China
bronze medal    United States
← 2002
2010 →

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[5]

Records

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

World record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.08 Manchester, Great Britain July 30, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:41.83 Sydney, Australia August 22, 1999

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 19, at 10:21.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Park Tae-Hwan   South Korea 3:50.41 QA
2 5 7 Robert Margalis   United States 3:50.75 QA
3 5 4 Klete Keller   United States 3:50.92 QA
4 5 3 Andrew Hurd   Canada 3:51.20 QA
5 5 2 Erik Vendt   United States 3:51.56 QA
6 4 4 Peter Vanderkaay   United States 3:51.94 QA
7 3 2 Ryan Lochte   United States 3:52.33 QA
8 4 5 Zhang Lin   China 3:52.49 QA
9 4 6 Ryan Cochrane   Canada 3:52.63 QB
10 3 4 Takeshi Matsuda   Japan 3:52.80 QB
11 3 5 Michael Klueh   United States 3:52.88 QB
12 3 6 Troyden Prinsloo   South Africa 3:54.10 QB
13 4 3 Fran Crippen   United States 3:54.46 QB
14 2 4 Kang Yong-Hwan   South Korea 3:54.60 QB
15 3 8 Joshua Krogh   Australia 3:54.93 QB
16 4 8 Felipe May Araújo   Brazil 3:55.10 QB
17 2 5 Armando Negreiros   Brazil 3:55.24
18 4 1 Kenichi Doki   Japan 3:56.02
19 5 6 Hisato Matsumoto   Japan 3:56.15
20 4 2 Xin Tong   China 3:56.21
21 3 3 Nicholas Ffrost   Australia 3:56.77
22 2 3 Raymond Betuzzi   Canada 3:58.24
23 2 2 Bryn Murphy   New Zealand 3:58.58
24 3 1 Yuji Sakurai   Japan 3:59.74
25 3 7 Robert Voss   New Zealand 3:59.80
26 5 8 Ty Hurst   Australia 4:00.19
27 2 6 Tang Sheng-Chieh   Chinese Taipei 4:01.04
28 5 1 Cameron Smith   Australia 4:02.76
29 2 8 Michael Jack   New Zealand 4:03.19
30 4 7 Kurtis MacGillivary   Australia 4:07.01
31 2 1 Pascal Wollach   Canada 4:07.22
32 1 4 Matthew Pariselli   Canada 4:07.81
33 1 5 Benjamin Guzman   Chile 4:09.24
34 1 3 Bogdan Knezevic   Canada 4:11.98
35 2 7 Pan Kevin-Owen   Chinese Taipei 4:12.67

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Peter Vanderkaay   United States 3:49.42
10 6 Armando Negreiros   Brazil 3:53.82
11 7 Hisato Matsumoto   Japan 3:54.70
12 5 Joshua Krogh   Australia 3:55.16
13 1 Xin Tong   China 3:55.27
14 2 Kenichi Doki   Japan 3:55.81
15 8 Nicholas Ffrost   Australia 3:55.94
16 3 Felipe May Araújo   Brazil 3:58.70

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Park Tae-Hwan   South Korea 3:45.72
  2 Zhang Lin   China 3:47.07
  3 Klete Keller   United States 3:47.17
4 6 Andrew Hurd   Canada 3:49.32
5 5 Robert Margalis   United States 3:49.67
6 1 Takeshi Matsuda   Japan 3:50.96
7 7 Ryan Cochrane   Canada 3:53.70
8 8 Kang Yong-Hwan   South Korea 3:54.05

References

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Results of the 400-metre freestyle finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  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