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

The women's 1500 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 Brooke Bennett of US, in 1997. This event wasn't held in 1999.[3]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 24, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning time16:07.86
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    United States
← 1997
2006 →

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

Records

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

World record   Janet Evans (USA) 15:52.10 Orlando, United States March 26, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record   Hayley Lewis (AUS) 16:04.84 Kobe, Japan August 12, 1993

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
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Diana Munz   United States 16:07.86
  3 Sachiko Yamada   Japan 16:16.28
  7 Morgan Hentzen   United States 16:29.25
4 6 Nayara Ribeiro   Brazil 16:33.82
5 2 Ai Shibata   Japan 16:33.86
6 1 Taryn Lencoe   Canada 16:42.82
7 5 Amanda Pascoe   Australia 16:46.84
8 8 Rebecca Linton   New Zealand 17:18.92

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 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