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

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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
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
← 1997
2006 →

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

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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

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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 Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 5 Grant Hackett  Australia 7:44.78 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 2 Larsen Jensen  United States 7:52.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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  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