2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 7:38.65 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 27, 2005 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 7:44.78 | Yokohama, Japan | August 24, 2002 |
Results
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 round was held on August 17, at 11:30, and the final was held on August 17, at 18:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | 5 | Andrew Hurd | 7:55.88 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Troyden Prinsloo | 7:56.82 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Ryan Cochrane | 7:58.32 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Kenichi Doki | 8:02.15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Chip Peterson | 8:05.07 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Fran Crippen | 8:06.32 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Felipe May Araújo | 8:07.13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Cameron Smith | 8:08.15 | ||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Armando Negreiros | 8:09.27 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Bryn Murphy | 8:11.52 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Gen Ishimura | 8:12.31 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Ky Hurst | 8:13.50 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Trent Grimsey | 8:14.82 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Kier Maitland | 8:17.12 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Tang Sheng-Chieh | 8:22.34 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 5 | David Browne | 8:25.46 | ||
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Kurtis MacGillivary | 8:26.86 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Pariselli | 8:31.01 |