2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates12 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time7:43.74
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Zane Grothe  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Jordan Wilimovsky  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Jack McLoughlin  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. [1] The defending champion was Ryan Cochrane of Canada. [2]

Contents

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals. [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lin  (CHN)7:32.12 Rome, Italy29 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)7:44.78 Yokohama, Japan24 August 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:CRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat. [4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking. [3]

Total ranking

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Zane Grothe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:43.74 CR
23 Jordan Wilimovsky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:45.19
33 Jack McLoughlin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:47.31
43 Guilherme Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7:51.67
52 Robert Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:52.57
63 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:53.42
73 Naito Ehara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:55.02
83 Shogo Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:56.01
92 James Brinegar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:58.79
102 Kohei Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:59.04
112 Alex Pratt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:03.12
122 Jeremy Bagshaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:03.38
132 Ayatsugu Hirai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:04.63
143 Peter Brothers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:05.37
152 Grant Shoults Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:09.35
161 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 8:22.62
171 Noel Keane Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 9:24.88
181 Mark Imazu Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 10:07.46

Award ranking

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Zane Grothe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:43.74 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Jordan Wilimovsky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:45.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Jack McLoughlin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:47.31
4 Guilherme Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7:51.67
5 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:53.42
6 Naito Ehara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:55.02
7 Shogo Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:56.01
8 Alex Pratt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:03.12

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References

  1. ↑ "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 800m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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