| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Yokohama International Swimming Pool |
| Dates: | August 24, 2002 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 3:45.28 |
| Gold: | Ian Thorpe |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Grant Hackett |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Klete Keller |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1999 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The men's 400 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 Ian Thorpe of Australia.[3]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 3:40.08 | Manchester, Great Britain | July 30, 2002 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 3:41.83 | Sydney, Australia | August 22, 1999 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 3:46.94 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3:48.50 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 3:48.75 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 3:49.19 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 3:49.58 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 3:49.99 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 3:51.57 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3:52.41 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 6 | 3:53.76 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 3:53.96 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 3:54.24 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 7 | 3:57.22 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 3:57.96 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 6 | 3:59.09 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 2 | 3:59.50 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | 4:03.31 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 1 | 4:03.69 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 7 | 4:04.31 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 4:04.86 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 4:11.37 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 4:11.44 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | 4:26.65 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 4:28.74 |
The final was held on August 24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3:45.28 | |||||
| 5 | 3:45.99 | |||||
| 3 | Klete Keller | 3:48.40 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Erik Vendt | 3:49.75 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Shunichi Fujita | 3:51.40 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Mark Johnston | 3:52.29 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Naoya Sonoda | 3:55.98 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Bruno Bonfim | 4:00.20 |