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2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates9 August (timed finals)
Competitors15 from 7 nations
Winning time14:46.93
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Australia
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Connor Jaeger of United States.[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  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:41.65 Yokohama, Japan 28 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 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heat 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 2 Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 14:46.93
2 1 Zane Grothe  United States 14:48.40
3 2 Robert Finke  United States 14:48.70
4 2 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 14:55.92
5 2 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 15:03.40
6 2 Shogo Takeda  Japan 15:05.81
7 1 Michael Brinegar  United States 15:07.04
8 2 Eric Hedlin  Canada 15:07.18
9 1 Kohei Yamamoto  Japan 15:18.71
10 1 David Heron  United States 15:22.98
11 2 Ayatsugu Hirai  Japan 15:23.43
12 1 Taylor Abbott  United States 15:33.64
13 2 Peter Brothers  Canada 15:41.63
14 1 Noel Keane  Palau 17:59.30
15 1 Mark Imazu  Guam 19:35.60

Award ranking

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 14:46.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zane Grothe  United States 14:48.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack McLoughlin  Australia 14:55.92
4 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 15:03.40
5 Shogo Takeda  Japan 15:05.81
6 Eric Hedlin  Canada 15:07.18
7 Kohei Yamamoto  Japan 15:18.71
8 Peter Brothers  Canada 15:41.63

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 1500m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.