# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Jennifer Reilly of Australia.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:33.59 | Sydney, Australia | September 16, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kristine Quance (USA) | 4:39.25 | Kobe, Japan | August 13, 1993 |

## 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 18, at 10:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Katie Hoff | United States | 4:40.33 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 4:40.97 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 4:44.83 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Kristen Caverly | United States | 4:44.83 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | Australia | 4:46.51 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 4:47.04 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 4:47.26 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Jung Ji-Yeon | South Korea | 4:47.42 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Kathleen Hersey | United States | 4:47.45 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Xia Chenying | China | 4:48.58 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 4:48.76 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 4:49.13 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 4:50.34 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:50.41 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Liu Jing | China | 4:51.14 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 4:51.96 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Izumi Kato | Japan | 4:52.97 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Alexa Komarnycky | Canada | 4:56.14 | |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Kristen Bradley | Canada | 4:56.86 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 4:56.93 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Monica Stitski | Canada | 4:57.30 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Melanie Dodds | Canada | 5:03.15 | |
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 5:06.46 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 18, at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Kristen Caverly | United States | 4:45.21 |
| 10 | 3 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 4:45.25 |
| 11 | 1 | Alexa Komarnycky | Canada | 4:50.37 |
| 12 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 4:50.43 |
| 13 | 6 | Liu Jing | China | 4:50.60 |
| 14 | 2 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 4:50.70 |
| 15 | 8 | Kristen Bradley | Canada | 4:52.06 |
| 16 | 7 | Izumi Kato | Japan | 4:55.84 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 18, at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katie Hoff | United States | 4:36.82 | CR |
| | 5 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 4:39.68 | |
| | 2 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 4:41.83 | |
| 4 | 3 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 4:45.62 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ashleigh McCleery | Australia | 4:46.63 | |
| 6 | 1 | Xia Chenying | China | 4:47.49 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jung Ji-Yeon | South Korea | 4:47.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 4:48.07 | |