2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates August 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 12 from 5 nations
Winning time 15:55.01
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Japan
2006 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Victoria, Canada
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
Marathon
10 km men women

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]

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) 15:52.10 Orlando, USA March 26, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record  Hayley Lewis (AUS) 16:04.84 Kobe, Japan August 12, 1992

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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
1st 2 4 Kate Ziegler  United States 15:51.01 CR
2nd 2 5 Hayley Peirsol  United States 15:57.36
3rd 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

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