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

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]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 29, 2002 (heats & finals)
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Winning time	14:41.65
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Erik Vendt    United States   Larsen Jensen    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	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
	2	4	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:41.65	CR
	2	5	Erik Vendt	United States	15:02.24
	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