title: Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 800m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia. This was a time-final event, meaning that the swimmers only swam it once and whatever their time from that swim was then used for the final ranking.
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 7:38.65 | 2005-07-27 | Montreal |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CAC Record | — | — | — | — |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Iván López | Mexico | 8:07.30 | GR, NR |
  | 2 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela | 8:11.58 | |
  | 3 | Erwin Maldonado | Venezuela | 8:21.66 | |
  | 4 | Luis Enrique González | Mexico | 8:28.54 | |
  | 5 | Raul Enrique Martínez | Puerto Rico | 8:30.45 | |
  | 6 | Mario Montoya | Costa Rica | 8:33.29 | |
  | 7 | Evan Marcus | Guatemala | 8:35.34 | |
  | 8 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 8:35.40 | |
  | 9 | Micky van der Vaart | Aruba | 8:38.88 | |
  | 10 | Carlos Vivero | Colombia | 8:47.48 | |
  