2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2] The last champion was Australia.[3]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 18, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Winning time7:05.28
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Australia
← 2002
2010 →

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[4]

Records edit

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

World record   Australia (AUS)
Grant Hackett (1:46.11)
Michael Klim (1:46.49)
Bill Kirby (1:47.92)
Ian Thorpe (1:44.14)
7:04.66 Fukuoka, Japan July 27, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record   Australia (AUS)
Ian Thorpe (1:46.28)
Bill Kirby (1:48.96)
Grant Hackett (1:46.30)
Michael Klim (1:47.25)
7:08.79 Sydney, Australia August 25, 1999

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

Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.

Final edit

The final was held on August 18, at 20:10.[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Michael Phelps (1:45.91)
Ryan Lochte (1:47.34)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.49)
Klete Keller (1:45.54)
  United States 7:05.28 CR
  5 Brian Johns (1:48.91)
Andrew Hurd (1:47.61)
Brent Hayden (1:47.36)
Colin Russell (1:48.51)
  Canada 7:12.39
  6 Leith Brodie (1:50.82)
Andrew Mewing (1:48.66)
Nicholas Ffrost (1:48.93)
Kenrick Monk (1:48.80)
  Australia 7:17.21
4 3 Takeshi Matsuda (1:48.62)
Takamitsu Kojima(1:49.96)
Yuji Sakurai (1:49.89)
Daisuke Hosokawa (1:49.16)
  Japan 7:17.63
5 7 Robert Voss (1:51.24)
Andrew McMillan (1:53.15)
Ben Pickersgill-Brown (1:52.98)
Michael Jack (1:52.37)
  New Zealand 7:29.74
6 2 Rodrigo Castro (1:50.92)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:52.81)
André Schultz (1:52.07)
Lucas Salatta (1:54.09)
  Brazil 7:29.89
7 1 Tsai Kuo-Chuan (1:55.04)
Chen Te-Tung (1:56.29)
Yuan Ping (1:54.60)
Tang Sheng-Chieh (1:56.27)
  Chinese Taipei 7:42.20

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2006. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  3. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.