2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men'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 Michael Phelps of US.
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 | 4:08.26 | Athens, Greece | August 14, 2004 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:12.48 | Yokohama, Japan | August 25, 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 18, at 10:58.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 4:13.62 | QA | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Robert Margalis | 4:14.69 | QA | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Erik Vendt | 4:15.63 | QA | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Eric Shanteau | 4:15.71 | QA | |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Thiago Pereira | 4:16.86 | QA | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Leith Brodie | 4:21.65 | QA | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Hidemasa Sano | 4:22.41 | QA | |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Shinya Taniguchi | 4:22.95 | QA | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lucas Salatta | 4:23.46 | QB | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Travis Nederpelt | 4:23.63 | QB | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Jeremy Knowles | 4:26.17 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Tobias Oriwol | 4:26.87 | QB | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Jordan Hartney | 4:27.66 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Dean Kent | 4:28.05 | QB | |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | David Browne | 4:28.46 | QB | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | He Xiaofeng | 4:38.23 | QB | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Benjamin Guzman | 4:39.90 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Hsu Chi-Chien | 4:41.01 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Lin Yu-An | 4:42.12 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Tsai Kuo-Chuan | 4:44.00 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Bogdan Knezevic | 4:44.67 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Matthew Pariselli | 4:45.13 | ||
| - | 1 | 3 | Brian Johns | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was held on August 18, at 19:28.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Erik Vendt | 4:16.72 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Dean Kent | 4:21.25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Tobias Oriwol | 4:24.81 | ||
| 12 | 2 | David Browne | 4:26.14 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Jordan Hartney | 4:31.31 | ||
| 14 | 7 | He Xiaofeng | 4:36.07 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Benjamin Guzman | 4:42.58 | ||
| - | 8 | Hsu Chi-Chien | DSQ |
A Final
The A final was held on August 18, at 19:28.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 4:10.47 | CR | ||
| 5 | Robert Margalis | 4:13.85 | |||
| 3 | Thiago Pereira | 4:18.44 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Travis Nederpelt | 4:20.07 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Shinya Taniguchi | 4:20.32 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Leith Brodie | 4:22.49 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Jeremy Knowles | 4:28.07 | ||
| - | 2 | Hidemasa Sano | DSQ |