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
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 25, 2002 (heats & finals)
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Winning time	7:44.78
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Larsen Jensen    United States   Chris Thompson    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:

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	5	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:44.78	CR
	2	2	Larsen Jensen	United States	7:52.05
	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

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