Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue Sajik Swimming Pool
Date2 October
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Shunichi Fujita  Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Yu Cheng  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Han Kyu-chul  Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
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The men's 400 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Freestyle swimming category of swimming competition

Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.

Swimming (sport) water-based sport

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke. The order for a medley relay is: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

2002 Asian Games 14th edition of the Asian Games

The 2002 Asian Games, also known as the XIV Asiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002 with the football event commenced 2 days before the opening ceremony.

Contents

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Wednesday, 2 October 200210:00Heats
19:00Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record Flag of Australia.svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)3:40.08 Manchester, United Kingdom 30 July 2002
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Shunichi Fujita  (JPN)3:50.36 Fukuoka, Japan 22 July 2001
Games Record Flag of Thailand.svg  Torlarp Sethsothorn  (THA)3:53.61 Bangkok, Thailand 10 December 1998

Results

Legend

Heats

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
12Flag of Japan.svg  Shunichi Fujita  (JPN)3:53.23 GR
21Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Sung-mo  (KOR)3:56.75
32Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Han Kyu-chul  (KOR)3:57.49
42Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Cheng  (CHN)3:57.52
52Flag of the Philippines.svg  Miguel Mendoza  (PHI)4:03.94
61Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Shibin  (CHN)4:04.13
71Flag of Japan.svg  Takeshi Matsuda  (JPN)4:04.18
81Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chung Kwok Leung  (HKG)4:05.59
92Flag of Syria.svg  Naeem Al-Masri  (SYR)4:10.38
—1Flag of Qatar.svg  Anas Abu-Yousuf  (QAT)DNS

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Shunichi Fujita  (JPN)3:50.41 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Cheng  (CHN)3:54.57
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Han Kyu-chul  (KOR)3:56.10
4Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Sung-mo  (KOR)3:57.87
5Flag of the Philippines.svg  Miguel Mendoza  (PHI)4:01.11
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Shibin  (CHN)4:02.09
7Flag of Japan.svg  Takeshi Matsuda  (JPN)4:02.98
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chung Kwok Leung  (HKG)4:06.10

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Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or using open circuit scuba diving equipment. Events exist over distances similar to swimming competitions for both swimming pool and open water venues. Competition at world and continental level is organised by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). The sport's first world championship was held in 1976. It also has been featured at the World Games as a trend sport since 1981 and was demonstrated at the 2015 European Games in June 2015.

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The men's 100 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 1500 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

The men's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 200 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

The women's 100 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October 2002 at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 400 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 200 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 1 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 200 metre butterfly swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

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