2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueSaanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 20, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors18 from 7 nations
Winning time8:24.56
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    United States
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1][2] The last champion was Diana Munz of US.[3]

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.[4][5]

Records[]

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

World record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989
Pan Pacific Championships record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989

Results[]

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

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:01, and the final was held on August 20, at 18:00.[4][5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 5 Kate Ziegler   8:24.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 3 Ai Shibata   8:26.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 4 Hayley Peirsol   8:27.57
4 3 6 Sachiko Yamada   8:30.29
5 1 3   8:34.45
6 3 7 Brittany Reimer   8:37.84
7 3 2 Melissa Gorman   8:37.90
8 1 4   8:38.34
9 1 5 Linda Mackenzie   8:38.61
10 3 8 Kristel Köbrich   8:40.95
11 1 6 Tanya Hunks   8:41.43
12 1 1 Cecilia Biagioli   8:42.12
13 3 1   8:44.59
14 1 7 Savannah King   8:45.21
15 2 4 Lee Ji-Eun   8:51.93
16 1 8 Kylie Palmer   8:53.38
17 2 5   8:56.29
18 1 2 Sarah Paton   9:02.77

References[]

  1. ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "800-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
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