2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	25 August 2002 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	8
Win Value:	4:09.50
Gold:	Diana Munz
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Lindsay Benko
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Sachiko Yamada
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on 25 August at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US.^[3]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	22 September 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record		4:04.53	Tokyo, Japan	19 August 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on 25 August.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			4:10.30	Q
2	2	4			4:10.49	Q
3	2	5			4:12.24	Q
4	4	3			4:12.44	Q
5	3	5			4:13.99	Q
6	4	2			4:14.82	Q
7	3	3			4:14.89	Q
8	2	6			4:15.18	Q
9	4	5			4:15.87
10	2	3			4:15.97
11	2	1			4:16.91
12	4	4			4:17.43
13	4	6			4:18.43
14	2	2			4:19.71
15	3	6			4:20.84
16	1	4			4:22.44
17	3	7			4:22.62
18	2	7			4:24.02
19	4	1			4:25.57
20	1	5			4:26.04
21	3	1			4:28.05
22	4	8			4:31.76
23	1	3			4:36.51
–	3	2			DNS
–	4	7			DNS

Final

The final was held on 25 August.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:09.50
	5			4:10.28
	3	Sachiko Yamada		4:10.79
4	6	Elka Graham		4:12.42
5	7	Amanda Pascoe		4:13.33
6	1	Ai Shibata		4:13.34
7	2	Monique Ferreira		4:13.48
8	8	Jessica Deglau		4:19.36

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . 4 June 2006 . 27 February 2014 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064046/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2006/06/04/resultados-do-ltimo-pan-pacfico-em-yokohama-japo-4775/ . 22 February 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
2. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4086.asp 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual