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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates August 20, 2006 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 22 from 10 nations
Winning time 15:06.11
Medalists
gold medal     South Korea
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     Japan
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.

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:

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:21, and the final was held on August 20, at 20:05.


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