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

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Yokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 24, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning time16:07.86
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1997
2006  

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. [1] [2] The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US, in 1997. This event wasn't held in 1999. [3]

The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record was set over the six-day competition.

Yokohama International Swimming Pool building in Tsuzuki-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Yokohama International Swimming Pool is a swimming venue in Yokohama, Japan. The main pool is converted to a basketball arena in fall and winter by setting up panels on the floor. This sports court can be slippery. This arena is home of the B.League basketball club Yokohama B-Corsairs.

Brooke Marie Bennett is an American former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic champion.

Contents

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 Flag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)15:52.10 Orlando, United StatesMarch 26, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Hayley Lewis  (AUS)16:04.84 Kobe, JapanAugust 12, 1993

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Diana Munz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:07.86
Silver medal icon.svg3 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16:16.28
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Morgan Hentzen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:29.25
46 Nayara Ribeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16:33.82
52 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16:33.86
61 Taryn Lencoe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:42.82
75 Amanda Pascoe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16:46.84
88 Rebecca Linton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 17:18.92

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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 26, 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