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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
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates12 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time7:43.74
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    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]

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

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

World record  Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 7:44.78 Yokohama, Japan 24 August 2002

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal 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

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Zane Grothe  United States 7:43.74 CR
2 3 Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 7:45.19
3 3 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 7:47.31
4 3 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 7:51.67
5 2 Robert Finke  United States 7:52.57
6 3 Mack Horton  Australia 7:53.42
7 3 Naito Ehara  Japan 7:55.02
8 3 Shogo Takeda  Japan 7:56.01
9 2 James Brinegar  United States 7:58.79
10 2 Kohei Yamamoto  Japan 7:59.04
11 2 Alex Pratt  Canada 8:03.12
12 2 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 8:03.38
13 2 Ayatsugu Hirai  Japan 8:04.63
14 3 Peter Brothers  Canada 8:05.37
15 2 Grant Shoults  United States 8:09.35
16 1 Wesley Roberts  Cook Islands 8:22.62
17 1 Noel Keane  Palau 9:24.88
18 1 Mark Imazu  Guam 10:07.46

Award ranking

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zane Grothe  United States 7:43.74 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 7:45.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack McLoughlin  Australia 7:47.31
4 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 7:51.67
5 Mack Horton  Australia 7:53.42
6 Naito Ehara  Japan 7:55.02
7 Shogo Takeda  Japan 7:56.01
8 Alex Pratt  Canada 8:03.12

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "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.