| Event: | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Yokohama International Swimming Pool |
| Dates: | August 24, 2002 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 4:40.84 |
| Gold: | Jennifer Reilly |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Martha Bowen |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Maiko Fujino |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 1999 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The women's 400 metre individual medley 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 Joanne Malar of Canada.[3]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 4:33.59 | Sydney, Australia | September 16, 2000 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:39.25 | Kobe, Japan | August 13, 1993 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 4:44.24 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4:46.03 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 4:46.38 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 4:49.15 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 4:49.20 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 4:49.85 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 4:49.89 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 4:50.06 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 4:50.06 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 4:50.65 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 5 | 4:52.15 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | 4:53.27 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | 4:53.50 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 6 | 4:53.55 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | 4:54.05 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 4:56.51 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | 4:58.20 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 5:07.03 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 7 | 5:07.72 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | 5:16.17 |
The final was held on August 24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4:40.84 | |||||
| 5 | 4:44.39 | |||||
| 2 | Maiko Fujino | 4:45.79 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Elizabeth Warden | 4:45.80 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Sawami Fujita | 4:48.40 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 4:49.95 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Madeleine Crippen | 4:50.49 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Jessica Abbott | 4:51.59 |