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
Venue Yokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 25, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time7:44.78
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Grant Hackett  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Larsen Jensen  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Chris Thompson  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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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]

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.

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Daniel Kowalski of Australia.

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 Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)7:39.16 Fukuoka, JapanJuly 24, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Daniel Kowalski  (AUS)7:50.28 Atlanta, United StatesAugust 10, 1995

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg25 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:44.78 CR
Silver medal icon.svg22 Larsen Jensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:52.05
Bronze medal icon.svg24 Chris Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:56.69
427 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:56.86
523 Shunichi Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:01.97
626 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:11.22
721 Kurtis MacGillivary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:12.27
814 Bruno Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:27.10
928 Kwok Leung Chung Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 8:36.77

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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 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
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