# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 25, 2001 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.75 | Yokohama, Japan | August 26, 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 |

### Heats

The first round was held on August 17, at 10:20.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 1:47.75 | QA |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 1:48.12 | QA |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Zhang Lin | China | 1:48.46 | QA |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Klete Keller | United States | 1:48.47 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Park Tae-Hwan | South Korea | 1:48.91 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Michael Klueh | United States | 1:49.04 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:49.17 | QA |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Andrew Hurd | Canada | 1:49.17 | QA |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Colin Russell | Canada | 1:49.34 | QB |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Kenrick Monk | Australia | 1:49.44 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:49.56 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:49.56 | QB |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Nicholas Ffrost | Australia | 1:49.81 | QB |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Takamitsu Kojima | Japan | 1:50.15 | QB |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Yuji Sakurai | Japan | 1:50.18 | QB |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Andrew Mewing | Australia | 1:50.30 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 1:50.43 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 1:50.65 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 1:50.91 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Hisato Matsumoto | Japan | 1:50.94 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:50.95 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Adam Lucas | Australia | 1:51.04 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Hiroaki Yamamoto | Japan | 1:51.22 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Joel Greenshields | Canada | 1:51.34 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 1:51.35 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Robert Voss | New Zealand | 1:51.42 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Lim Nam-Gyun | South Korea | 1:51.71 | |
| 28 | 3 | 2 | Michael Jack | New Zealand | 1:52.34 | |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 1:52.96 | |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Raymond Betuzzi | Canada | 1:53.05 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | André Schultz | Brazil | 1:53.21 | |
| 31 | 5 | 1 | Xin Tong | China | 1:53.21 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Ephraim Hannant | Australia | 1:53.24 | |
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Ben Pickersgill-Brown | New Zealand | 1:53.44 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Andrew McMillan | New Zealand | 1:54.68 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 1:55.29 | |
| 37 | 3 | 5 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 1:56.39 | |
| 38 | 2 | 2 | Chen Te-Tung | Chinese Taipei | 1:57.33 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Bryn Murphy | New Zealand | 1:57.40 | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | He Xiaofeng | China | 1:57.44 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Trent Grimsey | Australia | 1:57.82 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Benjamin Guzman | Chile | 1:58.92 | |
| 43 | 1 | 3 | Kendrick Uy | Philippines | 2:03.73 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 17, at 18:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Nicholas Ffrost | Australia | 1:49.79 |
| 10 | 4 | Michael Klueh | United States | 1:49.83 |
| 11 | 5 | Colin Russell | Canada | 1:50.14 |
| 12 | 6 | Takamitsu Kojima | Japan | 1:50.16 |
| 13 | 8 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 1:51.15 |
| 14 | 1 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 1:51.27 |
| 15 | 2 | Yuji Sakurai | Japan | 1:51.55 |
| 16 | 7 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 1:52.06 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 17, at 18:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Klete Keller | United States | 1:46.20 |
| | 2 | Park Tae-Hwan | South Korea | 1:47.51 |
| | 3 | Zhang Lin | China | 1:47.59 |
| 4 | 5 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 1:47.78 |
| 5 | 4 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 1:48.05 |
| 6 | 1 | Kenrick Monk | Australia | 1:49.12 |
| 7 | 7 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:49.54 |
| 8 | 8 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:50.12 |