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

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates August 25, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors 9 from 6 nations
Winning time 7:44.78
Medalists
   Australia
   United States
   United States
2002 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships

Yokohama, Japan
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

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]

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, USA August 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 2 5 Grant Hackett  Australia 7:44.78 CR
2nd 2 2 Larsen Jensen  United States 7:52.05
3rd 2 4 Chris Thompson  United States 7:56.69
4 2 7 Craig Stevens  Australia 7:56.86
5 2 3 Shunichi Fujita  Japan 8:01.97
6 2 6 Takeshi Matsuda  Japan 8:11.22
7 2 1 Kurtis MacGillivary  Canada 8:12.27
8 1 4 Bruno Bonfim  Brazil 8:27.10
9 2 8 Kwok Leung Chung  Hong Kong 8:36.77

References

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