The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, California. The defending champion was Zane Grothe of the United States.
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009Pan Pacific Championships record7:43.74Tokyo, Japan12 August 2018
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:CRChampionships recordNRNational record
The timed final was held on 12 August, from 21:00 to the fastest heat.
Total ranking Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 4 Samuel Short 7:37.04 CR 2 5 Bobby Finke 7:42.52 2 3 Ben Goedemans 7:44.67 4 2 6 Kazushi Imafuku 7:47.92 5 1 5 Elijah Winnington 7:50.11 6 1 4 Matthew Galea 7:53.42 7 2 7 Joey Tepper 8:01.92 8 2 8 Matthew Caldwell 8:02.08 9 2 2 Aiden Kirk 8:03.24 10 2 1 Sebastian Paulins 8:19.81 11 1 3 Roberto Valdes Ochoa 8:23.57 12 1 6 Charles McIntosh 8:52.16 NR
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