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

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

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]

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

Records

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 4 Grant Hackett  Australia 14:41.65 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 5 Erik Vendt  United States 15:02.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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