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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 20, 2006 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	18 from 7 nations
Winning time	8:24.56
Medalists
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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
	3	5	Kate Ziegler	United States	8:24.56
	3	3	Ai Shibata	Japan	8:26.41
	3	4	Hayley Peirsol	United States	8:27.57
4	3	6	Sachiko Yamada	Japan	8:30.29
5	1	3	Yurie Yano	Japan	8:34.45
6	3	7	Brittany Reimer	Canada	8:37.84
7	3	2	Melissa Gorman	Australia	8:37.90
8	1	4	Kelsey Ditto	United States	8:38.34
9	1	5	Linda Mackenzie	Australia	8:38.61
10	3	8	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8:40.95
11	1	6	Tanya Hunks	Canada	8:41.43
12	1	1	Cecilia Biagioli	Argentina	8:42.12
13	3	1	Stephanie Williams	Australia	8:44.59
14	1	7	Savannah King	Canada	8:45.21
15	2	4	Lee Ji-Eun	South Korea	8:51.93
16	1	8	Kylie Palmer	Australia	8:53.38
17	2	5	Monica Stitski	Canada	8:56.29
18	1	2	Sarah Paton	Australia	9:02.77