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2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 24, 2014 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9
Winning time7:45.39
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
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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.

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 July 29, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 7:44.78 Yokohama, Japan August 24, 2002

Results

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Cochrane  Canada 7:45.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mack Horton  Australia 7:47.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2014.