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

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Saanich Commonwealth Place
DatesAugust 17, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors12 from 5 nations
Winning time15:55.01
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2002
2010  

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]

The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records were tallied compared to one from the 2002 edition. This edition was slower than it would have been because of the lack of a full strength Australian team, one of the strongest teams in the world. This made it a common situation that swimmers in the B final were swimming fast enough to place in the top 3 since no country is allowed to have more than 2 swimmers in either final heat.

Saanich Commonwealth Place is a recreation center located west of the Patricia Bay Highway and north of Royal Oak Drive in Saanich, British Columbia in Canada. It was originally constructed in 1993 for the August 1994 Commonwealth Games, and is currently a prominent facility in the community. In 2002 the original weightroom was completely renovated and it re-opened for operation in 2004. Among the center's other features are a full-size gymnasium, a 50-meter competition pool, 4.5 meter deep dive tank with 1-, 3-, 5-, 7.5-, and 10-meter boards, and the Bruce Hutchison Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library. The building's construction is unique; it features a red dome in the shape of a slightly flattened square pyramid over the main pool area. The inside of the dome boasts dozens of large, intricately engineered sound absorption ceiling panels. Finally, stretching from about one-sixth to one-third of the way down the pyramid dome's four massive triangular sides, angled multi-pane windows replace the ceiling panels as the focus of a backstroker's view. The facility is often referred to as the "Commonwealth Pool" by residents of Greater Victoria. Located only 10 minutes by automobile from Saanich's new Uptown Shopping Centre and only 300 meters from the Royal Oak Transit Exchange, which is served by 12 BC Transit routes, it is highly accessible to all residents of the Capital Regional District.

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US, in 1997. This event wasn't held in 1999.

Contents

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 Flag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)15:52.10 Orlando, United StatesMarch 26, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Hayley Lewis  (AUS)16:04.84 Kobe, JapanAugust 12, 1992

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal 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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg24 Kate Ziegler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:55.01 CR
Silver medal icon.svg25 Hayley Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:57.36
Bronze medal icon.svg22 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16:11.13
421 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16:25.85
523 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16:28.47
626 Melissa Gorman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16:29.10
714 Kelsey Ditto Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:31.95
828 Savannah King Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:46.38
927 Sarah Paton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16:55.97
1015 Monica Stitski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17:04.78
1116 Lauren Arndt Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17:16.93
1213 Melissa Benson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17:43.09

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References

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  2. "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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