The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Ryan Cochrane of Canada.
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.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009Pan Pacific Championships record7:44.78Yokohama, Japan24 August 2002
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:CRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.
Total ranking Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Zane Grothe 7:43.74 CR 2 3 Jordan Wilimovsky 7:45.19 3 3 Jack McLoughlin 7:47.31 4 3 Guilherme Costa 7:51.67 5 2 Robert Finke 7:52.57 6 3 Mack Horton 7:53.42 7 3 Naito Ehara 7:55.02 8 3 Shogo Takeda 7:56.01 9 2 James Brinegar 7:58.79 10 2 Kohei Yamamoto 7:59.04 11 2 Alex Pratt 8:03.12 12 2 Jeremy Bagshaw 8:03.38 13 2 Ayatsugu Hirai 8:04.63 14 3 Peter Brothers 8:05.37 15 2 Grant Shoults 8:09.35 16 1 Wesley Roberts 8:22.62 17 1 Noel Keane 9:24.88 18 1 Mark Imazu 10:07.46
Award ranking Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Zane Grothe 7:43.74 CR Jordan Wilimovsky 7:45.19 Jack McLoughlin 7:47.31 4 Guilherme Costa 7:51.67 5 Mack Horton 7:53.42 6 Naito Ehara 7:55.02 7 Shogo Takeda 7:56.01 8 Alex Pratt 8:03.12
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