Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Dates | August 24, 2014 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 9 | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:45.39 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||
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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 |
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. [1] The last champion was Ryan Cochrane of Canada. [2]
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 7:44.78 | Yokohama, Japan | August 24, 2002 |
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 and final round were held on August 24, at 19:16. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 7:45.39 | ||
Mack Horton | Australia | 7:47.73 | ||
Connor Jaeger | United States | 7:47.75 | ||
4 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 7:48.20 | |
5 | Michael McBroom | United States | 7:52.84 | |
6 | Kohei Yamamoto | Japan | 7:54.07 | |
7 | Shogo Takeda | Japan | 8:01.53 | |
8 | Ayatsugu Hirai | Japan | 8:04.23 | |
9 | Will Brothers | Canada | 8:06.51 |
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