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 edit

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

World record  Ian Thorpe (AUS)3:40.08Manchester, Great BritainJuly 30, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record  Ian Thorpe (AUS)3:41.83Sydney, AustraliaAugust 22, 1999

Results edit

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats edit

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea3:50.41QA
257Robert Margalis  United States3:50.75QA
354Klete Keller  United States3:50.92QA
453Andrew Hurd  Canada3:51.20QA
552Erik Vendt  United States3:51.56QA
644Peter Vanderkaay  United States3:51.94QA
732Ryan Lochte  United States3:52.33QA
845Zhang Lin  China3:52.49QA
946Ryan Cochrane  Canada3:52.63QB
1034Takeshi Matsuda  Japan3:52.80QB
1135Michael Klueh  United States3:52.88QB
1236Troyden Prinsloo  South Africa3:54.10QB
1343Fran Crippen  United States3:54.46QB
1424Kang Yong-Hwan  South Korea3:54.60QB
1538Joshua Krogh  Australia3:54.93QB
1648Felipe May Araújo  Brazil3:55.10QB
1725Armando Negreiros  Brazil3:55.24
1841Kenichi Doki  Japan3:56.02
1956Hisato Matsumoto  Japan3:56.15
2042Xin Tong  China3:56.21
2133Nicholas Ffrost  Australia3:56.77
2223Raymond Betuzzi  Canada3:58.24
2322Bryn Murphy  New Zealand3:58.58
2431Yuji Sakurai  Japan3:59.74
2537Robert Voss  New Zealand3:59.80
2658Ty Hurst  Australia4:00.19
2726Tang Sheng-Chieh  Chinese Taipei4:01.04
2851Cameron Smith  Australia4:02.76
2928Michael Jack  New Zealand4:03.19
3047Kurtis MacGillivary  Australia4:07.01
3121Pascal Wollach  Canada4:07.22
3214Matthew Pariselli  Canada4:07.81
3315Benjamin Guzman  Chile4:09.24
3413Bogdan Knezevic  Canada4:11.98
3527Pan Kevin-Owen  Chinese Taipei4:12.67

B Final edit

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Peter Vanderkaay  United States3:49.42
106Armando Negreiros  Brazil3:53.82
117Hisato Matsumoto  Japan3:54.70
125Joshua Krogh  Australia3:55.16
131Xin Tong  China3:55.27
142Kenichi Doki  Japan3:55.81
158Nicholas Ffrost  Australia3:55.94
163Felipe May Araújo  Brazil3:58.70

A Final edit

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea3:45.72
2Zhang Lin  China3:47.07
3Klete Keller  United States3:47.17
46Andrew Hurd  Canada3:49.32
55Robert Margalis  United States3:49.67
61Takeshi Matsuda  Japan3:50.96
77Ryan Cochrane  Canada3:53.70
88Kang Yong-Hwan  South Korea3:54.05

References edit

  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