2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia, in 1997. This event was not held in 1999.[3]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 25, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time7:44.78
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    United States

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  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 7:39.16 Fukuoka, Japan July 24, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 7:50.28 Atlanta, United States August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
25Grant Hackett Australia7:44.78CR
22Larsen Jensen United States7:52.05
24Chris Thompson United States7:56.69
427Craig Stevens Australia7:56.86
523Shunichi Fujita Japan8:01.97
626Takeshi Matsuda Japan8:11.22
721Kurtis MacGillivary Canada8:12.27
814Bruno Bonfim Brazil8:27.10
928Kwok Leung Chung Hong Kong8:36.77

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
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