| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Saanich Commonwealth Place | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19, 2006 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:45.72 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
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3:40.08 | Manchester, Great Britain | July 30, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ian Thorpe (AUS)
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3:41.83 | Sydney, Australia | August 22, 1999 |
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 |
Heats
The first round was held on August 19, at 10:21.
B Final
The B final was held on August 19, at 18:18.
| 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
The A final was held on August 19, at 18:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Park Tae-Hwan |  South Korea |
3:45.72 | |
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2 | Zhang Lin | China |
3:47.07 | |
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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
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 400-metre freestyle finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine