The women's 1500 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 Diana Munz of US.[3]
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Saanich Commonwealth Place | |||||||||
| Dates | August 17, 2006 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:55.01 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA)
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15:52.10 | Orlando, United States | March 26, 1988 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record |  Hayley Lewis (AUS)
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16:04.84 | Kobe, Japan | August 12, 1992 |
Results
editAll 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 11:12, and the final was held on August 17, at 20:14.[4][5]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 4 | Kate Ziegler | United States |
15:55.01 | CR |
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2 | 5 | Hayley Peirsol | United States |
15:57.36 | |
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2 | 2 | Ai Shibata |  Japan |
16:11.13 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:25.85 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan |
16:28.47 | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Melissa Gorman | Australia |
16:29.10 | |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Kelsey Ditto | United States |
16:31.95 | |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Savannah King |  Canada |
16:46.38 | |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Sarah Paton | Australia |
16:55.97 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Monica Stitski | Canada |
17:04.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Lauren Arndt | Australia |
17:16.93 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Melissa Benson | Australia |
17:43.09 |
References
edit- ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ a b "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2014.