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Park Tae-hwan
Park Tae-hwan (, ; born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games medals. He won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver in the 200-meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle. He is the first Asian swimmer to claim a gold medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle, and the first-ever South Korean swimmer to win any Olympic medal in swimming. He also holds 3 Asian Records, all in Men's Freestyle. He is best known for his impressive range and versatility, as he is able to compete at international level in 100-, 200-, 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle. Early and personal life On September 27, 1989, Park was born in Seoul, South Korea to a middle-class family. His father is a saxophone player and his mother is a dancer. He has an elde ...
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Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (50 yards) and reaching 1500 meters (1650 yards), also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the individual medley or medley relay events. The front crawl is most commonly chosen by swimmers, as th ...
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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March (preliminaries and finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. On 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as part of a retroactive 18-month suspension for an earlier doping infraction, nullified Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli ( ar, أسامة الملولي; born 16 February 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Tr ...'s results from these championships, which affected this event and the men's 800 metre freestyle in particular. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. No new world or competition records were set during this competition. Results Final Heats See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freest ...
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2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan (, ; born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games medals. He won a gold me ... of South Korea. This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.Swimming technical manual


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


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2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 18–22. Medal table By agreement of the charter nations, medals from the 50 m backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events would not count towards the official medals standings. These events are not typically swum at the Pan Pacific Championships, but were added to the schedule because the meet served as a qualifying meet for several other large international competitions. Events The swimming program for 2010 had a total number of 42 events (21 each for men and women). The following events were contested: * Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m *Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m *Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m *Butterfly: 50, 100 m, 200 m *Individual medley: 20 ...
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2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Grant Hackett Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to ... of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
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.


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2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along wit ... of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
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2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ... were tallied compared to one from the 2002 edition. This edition was slower than it would have been because of the lack of a full strength Australian team, one of the strongest teams in the world. This made it a common situation that swimmers in the B final were swimming fast enough to place in the top 3 since no country is allowed to have more than 2 swimmers in either final heat. Results Men's events Women's events Medal table New records achieved World records Championship records Notes and references See also * All-time Pan ...
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2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
The 8th FINA World Swimming Championships ( 25 m) swam April 5–9, 2006 at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin .... Participating nations :''A total of 116 nations had entered swimmers at the 2006 Short Course Worlds.''Source: Entry lists published on the official webpage Results Men Women Medal table References * Event websitewww.fina-shanghai2006.com * Copy of results froswimrankings.net {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) FINA Short Course World Championships S 2006 World Short Course Championships S April 2006 sports events in Asia 2000s in Shanghai Swimming in Shanghai ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held at 12:31. Final The final was held at 18:37. References

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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film d ... was held on 6 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held at 09:30. Final The final was held at 18:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 400 metre freestyle Men's 400 metre freestyle ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Men's 200 Metre Freestyle
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film d ... was held on 7 December 2016. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats The heats were held at 09:41. Final The final was held at 19:23. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 200 metre freestyle ...
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2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
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