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Summer McIntosh Sets Pan Pac 400 IM Record

8/15/2026

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McIntosh Sets Record

Summer McIntosh won gold in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, setting a new championship record of 4:28.01.
The record surpassed Elizabeth Beisel’s 2014 mark of 4:31.99.
The day before, McIntosh earned silver in the 200-metre freestyle, finishing 0.19 seconds behind Lani Pallister.
She swam the second leg of Canada’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay, which captured bronze in 7:52.74.

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McIntosh Misses Meet

After setting a 200-metre butterfly world record at Montreal trials, Summer McIntosh missed rest of the meet due to illness.
She began training with Bob Bowman in September, using the Pan Pacific Championships as his taper test.
Bowman says the 800-metre freestyle will be dropped from 2028 program because it clashes with 200-metre butterfly final.
Seeing SoFi Stadium from the air gave her chills, setting five-gold goal for Los Angeles 2028.

History

Historical Context

In Beijing 2008, Michael Phelps and coach Bob Bowman won the 200-metre butterfly in a world-record 1:52.03, contributing to Phelps’s eight gold medals and surpassing Mark Spitz’s single-Games record. The 2008 breakthrough set a template that Canada hopes to emulate with swimmer Summer McIntosh at the 2026 Pan Pacific meet. The precedent raises Canada’s medal hopes for Los Angeles 2028.

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McIntosh Sets Record

Summer McIntosh won gold in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, setting a new championship record of 4:28.01.
The record surpassed Elizabeth Beisel’s 2014 mark of 4:31.99.
The day before, McIntosh earned silver in the 200-metre freestyle, finishing 0.19 seconds behind Lani Pallister.
She swam the second leg of Canada’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay, which captured bronze in 7:52.74.

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