2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1][2] The previous champion was Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea.[3][4]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 18, 2010 (heats & finals)
Competitors	25 from 10 nations
Winning time	14:49.47
Medalists
Ryan Cochrane    Canada   Chad La Tourette    United States   Zhang Lin    China

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.[5][6]

Records

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

World record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:34.56	Fukuoka, Japan	July 29, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:41.65	Yokohama, Japan	August 28, 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 18, at 11:34, and the final was held on August 18, at 18:00.[5][6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	6	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14:49.47
	4	3	Chad La Tourette	United States	14:54.48
	4	2	Zhang Lin	China	14:58.90
4	4	1	Sean Ryan	United States	15:06.34
5	1	6	Andrew Gemmell	United States	15:07.51
6	1	1	Michael Klueh	United States	15:12.04
7	1	5	Arthur Frayler	United States	15:12.89
8	4	5	Park Tae-Hwan	South Korea	15:13.91
9	1	3	Ryan Napoleon	Australia	15:14.91
10	4	7	Robert Hurley	Australia	15:16.74
11	1	4	Mark Randall	South Africa	15:18.95
12	4	8	Junpei Higashi	Japan	15:19.49
13	1	2	Yohsuke Miyamoto	Japan	15:20.25
14	2	3	Sean Penhale	Canada	15:21.50
15	3	3	Alex Meyer	United States	15:23.64
16	4	4	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	15:24.74
17	1	7	Luiz Arapiraca	Brazil	15:27.81
18	1	8	Lucas Kanieski	Brazil	15:28.37
19	2	5	Kier Maitland	Canada	15:29.93
20	3	4	Juan Martin Pereyra	Argentina	15:37.30
21	2	5	Esteban Paz	Argentina	15:39.71
22	2	5	Aimeson King	Canada	15:53.29
23	2	6	Jang Sangjin	South Korea	15:53.64
24	3	5	Richard Weinberger	Canada	16:02.12
25	2	4	Christopher Ashwood	Australia	16:14.75
-	2	7	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	DNS

References

1. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle timed final at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
2. 2010 Pan Pacific handbook
3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. "2006 Pan Pacific - Full Results". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
5. "1500-metre freestyle heats at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
6. "1500-metre freestyle "final" at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2013.