2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.[3]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 29, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time14:41.65
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
← 1999
2006 →

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

Records edit

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

World record   Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan July 29, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record   Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:45.60 Sydney, Australia August 29, 1999

Results edit

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
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 4 Grant Hackett   Australia 14:41.65 CR
  2 5 Erik Vendt   United States 15:02.24
  2 3 Larsen Jensen   United States 15:05.17
4 2 6 Craig Stevens   Australia 15:20.76
5 2 2 Shunichi Fujita   Japan 15:21.19
6 2 1 Kurtis MacGillivary   Canada 15:36.12
7 2 8 Bruno Bonfim   Brazil 15:41.80
8 2 7 Takeshi Matsuda   Japan 15:53.75
- 1 4 Chris Thompson   United States 15:29.27
- 1 5 Kwok Leung Chung   Hong Kong 16:02.83

References edit

  1. ^ "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