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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place; Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
Dates	August 17, 2006 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	18 from 8 nations
Winning time	7:55.88
Medalists
	← 2002 2010 →

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.^[1]^[2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.^[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	Grant Hackett (AUS)	7:38.65	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	July 27, 2005
Pan Pacific Championships record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	7:44.78	Yokohama, Japan	August 24, 2002

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 17, at 11:30, and the final was held on August 17, at 18:15.^[4]^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	5	Andrew Hurd	Canada	7:55.88
	3	4	Troyden Prinsloo	South Africa	7:56.82
	3	7	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	7:58.32
4	3	8	Kenichi Doki	Japan	8:02.15
5	3	1	Chip Peterson	United States	8:05.07
6	3	3	Fran Crippen	United States	8:06.32
7	1	6	Felipe May Araújo	Brazil	8:07.13
8	3	6	Cameron Smith	Australia	8:08.15
9	1	1	Armando Negreiros	Brazil	8:09.27
10	1	7	Bryn Murphy	New Zealand	8:11.52
11	1	5	Gen Ishimura	Japan	8:12.31
12	1	3	Ky Hurst	Australia	8:13.50
13	3	2	Trent Grimsey	Australia	8:14.82
14	1	2	Kier Maitland	Canada	8:17.12
15	2	4	Tang Sheng-Chieh	Chinese Taipei	8:22.34
16	2	5	David Browne	Australia	8:25.46
17	1	4	Kurtis MacGillivary	Australia	8:26.86
18	2	3	Matthew Pariselli	Canada	8:31.01