# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records were tallied compared to one from the 2002 edition. This edition was slower than it would have been because of the lack of a full strength Australian team, one of the strongest teams in the world. This made it a common situation that swimmers in the B final were swimming fast enough to place in the top 3 since no country is allowed to have more than 2 swimmers in either final heat.

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Cullen Jones (USA) | 21.84 CR | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 22.12 | Brent Hayden (CAN) | 22.22 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Brent Hayden (CAN) | 48.59 CR | Jason Lezak (USA) | 48.76 | Eamon Sullivan (AUS) Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 49.09 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Klete Keller (USA) | 1:46.20 | Park Tae-Hwan (KOR) | 1:47.51 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:47.59 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Park Tae-Hwan (KOR) | 3:45.72 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 3:47.07 | Klete Keller (USA) | 3:47.17 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Andrew Hurd (CAN) | 7:55.88 | Troyden Prinsloo (RSA) | 7:56.82 | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | 7:58.32 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Park Tae-Hwan (KOR) | 15:06.11 | Erik Vendt (USA) | 15:07.17 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 15:08.97 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 53.32 CR | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 54.02 | Tomomi Morita (JPN) | 54.38 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.44 WR | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:56.81 | Tomomi Morita (JPN) | 1:58.53 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 59.90 CR | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 1:00.39 | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 1:00.90 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 2:08.50 WR | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:10.87 | Scott Usher (USA) | 2:11.49 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Ian Crocker (USA) | 51.47 CR | Ryo Takayasu (JPN) | 52.59 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | 52.71 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:53.80 WR | Ryuichi Shibata (JPN) | 1:55.82 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 1:56.20 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:55.84 WR | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:56.11 | Ken Takakuwa (JPN) | 1:59.81 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:10.47 CR | Robert Margalis (USA) | 4:13.85 | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 4:18.44 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States Michael Phelps (48.83) Neil Walker (47.89) Cullen Jones (47.96) Jason Lezak (47.78) | 3:12.46 WR | Australia Eamon Sullivan (49.30) Andrew Mewing (49.22) Leith Brodie (49.16) Kenrick Monk (48.74) | 3:14.60 | Canada Rick Say (49.79) Brent Hayden (48.07) Colin Russell (49.09) Matt Rose (49.17) | 3:16.12 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | United States Michael Phelps (1:45.91) Ryan Lochte (1:47.34) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.49) Klete Keller (1:45.54) | 7:05.28 CR, AM | Canada Brian Johns (1:48.91) Andrew Hurd (1:47.61) Brent Hayden (1:47.36) Colin Russell (1:48.51) | 7:12.39 | Australia Leith Brodie (1:50.82) Andrew Mewing (1:48.66) Nicholas Ffrost (1:48.93) Kenrick Monk (1:48.80) | 7:17.21 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Aaron Peirsol (53.74) Brendan Hansen (59.18) Ian Crocker (50.92) Jason Lezak (47.95) | 3:31.79 CR | Japan Tomomi Morita (54.41) Kosuke Kitajima (59.79) Ryo Takayasu (52.27) Takamitsu Kojima (49.23) | 3:35.70 | Australia Matt Welsh (54.98) Brenton Rickard (1:00.03) Andrew Lauterstein (52.62) Eamon Sullivan (48.52) | 3:36.15 |
| 10 km open water details | Chip Peterson (USA) | 1:54:26.68 | Fran Crippen (USA) | 1:54:50.46 | Travis Nederpelt (AUS) | 1:55.16.89 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Kara Lynn Joyce (USA) | 25.10 | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 25.32 | Flavia Delaroli (BRA) | 25.62 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 53.87 | Amanda Weir (USA) | 53.92 | Melanie Schlanger (AUS) | 55.00 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Katie Hoff (USA) | 1:58.02 | Linda Mackenzie (AUS) | 1:58.26 | Bronte Barratt (AUS) | 1:58.59 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ai Shibata (JPN) | 4:07.61 | Katie Hoff (USA) | 4:07.98 | Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | 4:08.42 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler (USA) | 8:24.56 | Ai Shibata (JPN) | 8:26.41 | Hayley Peirsol (USA) | 8:27.57 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler (USA) | 15:55.01 CR | Hayley Peirsol (USA) | 15:57.36 | Ai Shibata (JPN) | 16:11.13 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Hanae Ito (JPN) | 1:00.63 | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 1:00.66 | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 1:00.86 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 2:08.86 CR | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | 2:09.42 | Takami Igarashi (JPN) | 2:10.30 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Tara Kirk (USA) | 1:07.56 | Megan Jendrick (USA) | 1:07.58 | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) | 1:08.12 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Suzaan van Biljon (RSA) | 2:26.36 | Asami Kitagawa (JPN) | 2:27.07 | Jung Seul-Ki (KOR) | 2:27.09 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 57.30 CR | Rachel Komisarz (USA) | 58.75 | Mary DeScenza (USA) | 59.03 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:05.40 WR | Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) | 2:06.52 | Yurie Yano (JPN) | 2:07.86 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Whitney Myers (USA) | 2:10.11 CR | Katie Hoff (USA) | 2:11.51 | Stephanie Rice (AUS) | 2:13.21 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Katie Hoff (USA) | 4:36.82 CR | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 4:39.68 | Stephanie Rice (AUS) | 4:41.83 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States Amanda Weir (53.76) Natalie Coughlin (53.21) Kara Lynn Joyce (54.54) Lacey Nymeyer (54.29) | 3:35.80 CR | Canada Victoria Poon (56.54) Geneviève Saumur (55.38) Julia Wilkinson (55.37) Erica Morningstar (54.54) | 3:41.83 | Australia Shayne Reese (55.58) Kelly Stubbins (55.92) Linda Mackenzie (55.62) Melanie Schlanger (54.72) | 3:41.84 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | United States Natalie Coughlin (1:58.37) Lacey Nymeyer (2:00.06) Dana Vollmer (1:58.87) Katie Hoff (1:57.32) | 7:54.62 CR | Australia Bronte Barratt (1:59.58) Shayne Reese (1:59.46) Kelly Stubbins (2:00.08) Linda Mackenzie (1:58.88) | 7:58.00 | Japan Maki Mita (1:59.61) Norie Urabe (1:59.93) Ai Shibata (1:58.83) Haruka Ueda (2:02.28) | 8:00.65 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Natalie Coughlin (1:00.12) Jessica Hardy (1:06.53) Rachel Komisarz (57.88) Amanda Weir (53.85) | 3:58.38 CR | Japan Hanae Ito (1:00.63) Asami Kitagawa (1:08.54) Yuko Nakanishi (58.21) Maki Mita (55.09) | 4:02.47 | Australia Fran Adcock (1:02.85) Sarah Katsoulis (1:08.53) Jessicah Schipper (57.76) Melanie Schlanger (54.68) | 4:03.82 |
| 10 km open water details | Chloe Sutton (USA) | 2:04:25.05 | Kalyn Keller (USA) | 2:04:29.08 | Tanya Hunks (CAN) | 2:05:01.03 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 48 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109 |

## New records achieved
### World records

| Event | Name | Time |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.44 |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 2:08.50 |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:53.80 |
| Men's 200 m individual medley | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:55.84 |
| Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States Michael Phelps Neil Walker Cullen Jones Jason Lezak | 3:12.46 |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:05.40 |

### Championship records

| Event | Name | Time |
| Men's 50 m freestyle | Cullen Jones (USA) | 21.84 |
| Men's 100 m freestyle | Brent Hayden (CAN) | 48.59 |
| Men's 100 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 53.32 |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.44 |
| Men's 100 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 59.90 |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | 2:08.50 |
| Men's 100 m butterfly | Ian Crocker (USA) | 51.47 |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:53.80 |
| Men's 200 m individual medley | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:55.84 |
| Men's 400 m individual medley | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:10.47 |
| Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States Michael Phelps Neil Walker Cullen Jones Jason Lezak | 3:12.46 |
| Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay | United States Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller | 7:05.28 |
| Men's 4×100 m medley relay | United States Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak | 3:31.79 |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | Amanda Weir (USA) | 53.76 |
| Women's 1500 m freestyle | Kate Ziegler (USA) | 15:55.01 |
| Women's 200 m backstroke | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 2:08.86 |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | Jessica Hardy (USA) | 1:06.43 |
| Women's 100 m butterfly | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 57.30 |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | 2:05.40 |
| Women's 200 m individual medley | Whitney Myers (USA) | 2:10.11 |
| Women's 400 m individual medley | Katie Hoff (USA) | 4:36.82 |
| Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States Amanda Weir Natalie Coughlin Kara Lynn Joyce Lacey Nymeyer | 3:35.80 |
| Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay | United States Natalie Coughlin Lacey Nymeyer Dana Vollmer Katie Hoff| | 7:54.62 |
| Women's 4×100 m medley relay | United States Natalie Coughlin Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Amanda Weir | 3:58.38 |