2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
# 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Andrew Hurd of Canada.

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.

## Records

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

| World record | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 7:44.78 | Yokohama, Japan | August 24, 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 |
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The first round was held on August 21, at 11:37, and the final was held on August 21, at 16:59.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
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| | 4 | 3 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 7:48.71 |
| | 4 | 6 | Chad La Tourette | United States | 7:51.62 |
| | 4 | 4 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 7:51.87 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 7:52.71 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 7:54.10 |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Charlie Houchin | United States | 7:55.98 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Junpei Higashi | Japan | 7:58.73 |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Arthur Frayler | United States | 7:59.77 |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Michael Klueh | United States | 8:01.57 |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Mark Randall | South Africa | 8:01.91 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Yohsuke Miyamoto | Japan | 8:01.96 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil | 8:07.68 |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Kier Maitland | Canada | 8:07.84 |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Sean Penhale | Canada | 8:08.46 |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Juan Martin Pereyra | Argentina | 8:09.98 |
| 16 | 3 | 4 | Blake Worsley | Canada | 8:10.11 |
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Esteban Paz | Argentina | 8:12.52 |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | George O'Brien | Australia | 8:15.28 |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Kang Yong-Hwan | South Korea | 8:15.57 |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Luiz Arapiraca | Brazil | 8:17.17 |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 8:25.11 |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Leonardo Fim | Brazil | 8:27.36 |
