| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Competition: | 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Yokohama International Swimming Pool |
| Dates: | August 24, 2002 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Win Value: | 3:15.15 |
| Gold: | Ashley Callus, Todd Pearson, Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Anthony Ervin, Scott Tucker, Nate Dusing and Jason Lezak |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Yannick Lupien, Mike Mintenko, Rick Say and Brent Hayden |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 1999 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 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 Australia.[3]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Michael Klim (48.18) WR Chris Fydler (48.48) Ashley Callus (48.71) Ian Thorpe (48.30) | 3:13.67 | Sydney, Australia | September 16, 2000 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | David Fox (49.32) Joe Hudepohl (49.11) Jon Olsen (48.17) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51) | 3:15.11 | Atlanta, United States | August 12, 1995 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats weren't performed, as only eight teams had entered.
The final was held on August 24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ashley Callus (49.26) Todd Pearson (48.92) Grant Hackett (49.05) Ian Thorpe (47.92) | 3:15.15 | ||||
| 5 | Anthony Ervin (50.30) Scott Tucker (48.66) Nate Dusing (48.53) Jason Lezak (47.92) | 3:15.41 | ||||
| 3 | Yannick Lupien (49.90) Mike Mintenko (49.66) Rick Say (49.73) Brent Hayden (48.40) | 3:17.69 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Guilherme Roth (51.17) Renato Gueraldi (50.42) Rafael Mosca (50.96) André Cordeiro (50.34) | 3:22.89 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Cameron Gibson (51.65) Mark Herring (52.53) Moss Burmester (53.17) Dean Kent (51.78) | 3:29.13 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Koh Mun Yew Gerald (53.63) Jun Mark Chay Jung (52.09) Tan Lee Yu Gary (51.59) Ng Cheng Xun (55.72) | 3:33.03 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Mark Kin Ming Kwok (53.37) Shui Ki Szeto (53.87) Kenneth Kin Lun Doo (52.80) Wing Harbeth Fu (53.45) | 3:33.49 | |||
| - | 6 | Hiroaki Akebe (51.20) Yoshihiro Okumura (50.47) Naoki Nagura (49.98) Daisuke Hosokawa (49.78) | DSQ |