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.2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia, in 1997. This event was not held in 1999.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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 record7:39.16Fukuoka, JapanJuly 24, 2001Pan Pacific Championships record7:50.28Atlanta, United StatesAugust 10, 1995

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 5 Grant Hackett 7:44.78 CR 2 2 Larsen Jensen 7:52.05 2 4 Chris Thompson 7:56.69 4 2 7 Craig Stevens 7:56.86 5 2 3 Shunichi Fujita 8:01.97 6 2 6 Takeshi Matsuda 8:11.22 7 2 1 Kurtis MacGillivary 8:12.27 8 1 4 Bruno Bonfim 8:27.10 9 2 8 Kwok Leung Chung 8:36.77

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