2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.[3]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 24, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors23 from 9 nations
Winning time3:45.28
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
← 1999
2006 →

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[4]

Records

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

World record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.08 Manchester, Great Britain July 30, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:41.83 Sydney, Australia August 22, 1999

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 24.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Ian Thorpe   Australia 3:46.94 Q
2 2 4 Grant Hackett   Australia 3:48.50 Q
3 3 5 Craig Stevens   Australia 3:48.75 Q
4 1 4 Klete Keller   United States 3:49.19 Q
5 2 5 Erik Vendt   United States 3:49.58 Q
6 1 5 Chad Carvin   United States 3:49.99 Q
7 3 3 Shunichi Fujita   Japan 3:51.57 Q
8 2 3 Larsen Jensen   United States 3:52.41 Q
9 3 6 Richard Say   Canada 3:53.76
10 2 6 Mark Johnston   Canada 3:53.96
11 3 2 Naoya Sonoda   Japan 3:54.24
12 3 7 Bruno Bonfim   Brazil 3:57.22
13 1 3 Takeshi Matsuda   Japan 3:57.96
14 1 6 Yosuke Ichikawa   Japan 3:59.09
15 1 2 Kurtis MacGillivary   Canada 3:59.50
16 1 7 Moss Burmester   New Zealand 4:03.31
17 2 1 Cameron Gibson   New Zealand 4:03.69
18 2 7 Juan Pablo Valdivieso   Peru 4:04.31
19 2 2 Mark Kin Ming Kwok   Hong Kong 4:04.86
20 1 1 Kwok Leung Chung   Hong Kong 4:11.37
21 3 1 Rafael Mosca   Brazil 4:11.44
22 2 8 Seung Gin Lee   Northern Mariana Islands 4:26.65
23 3 8 Dean Palacios   Northern Mariana Islands 4:28.74

Final

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The final was held on August 24.[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ian Thorpe   Australia 3:45.28
  5 Grant Hackett   Australia 3:45.99
  3 Klete Keller   United States 3:48.40
4 6 Erik Vendt   United States 3:49.75
5 2 Shunichi Fujita   Japan 3:51.40
6 7 Mark Johnston   Canada 3:52.29
7 1 Naoya Sonoda   Japan 3:55.98
8 8 Bruno Bonfim   Brazil 4:00.20

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  2. ^ 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
  3. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine