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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates25 August 2002 (heats &
finals)
Competitors23 from 8 nations
Winning time4:09.50
Medalists
 Diana Munz   United States
 Lindsay Benko   United States
 Sachiko Yamada   Japan
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2002 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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. The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US.

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

Records

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

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 25 August.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Diana Munz  United States 4:10.30 Q
2 2 4 Lindsay Benko  United States 4:10.49 Q
3 2 5 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 4:12.24 Q
4 4 3 Hayley Peirsol  United States 4:12.44 Q
5 3 5 Elka Graham  Australia 4:13.99 Q
6 4 2 Monique Ferreira  Brazil 4:14.82 Q
7 3 3 Amanda Pascoe  Australia 4:14.89 Q
8 2 6 Ai Shibata  Japan 4:15.18 Q
9 4 5 Mary Hill  United States 4:15.87
10 2 3 Jessica Deglau  Canada 4:15.97
11 2 1 Mariana Brochado  Brazil 4:16.91
12 4 4 Pang Jiaying  China 4:17.43
13 4 6 Claire Hentzen  United States 4:18.43
14 2 2 Norie Urabe  Japan 4:19.71
15 3 6 Madoka Ochi  Japan 4:20.84
16 1 4 Denise Oliveira  Brazil 4:22.44
17 3 7 Taryn Lencoe  Canada 4:22.62
18 2 7 Heidi Crawford  Australia 4:24.02
19 4 1 Rebecca Linton  New Zealand 4:25.57
20 1 5 Nathalie Bernard  New Zealand 4:26.04
21 3 1 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 4:28.05
22 4 8 Sarah Jackson  New Zealand 4:31.76
23 1 3 U Nice Chan  Singapore 4:36.51
– 3 2 Elizabeth Van Welie  New Zealand DNS
– 4 7 Kelly Doody  Canada DNS

Final

The final was held on 25 August.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Diana Munz  United States 4:09.50
5 Lindsay Benko  United States 4:10.28
3 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 4:10.79
4 6 Elka Graham  Australia 4:12.42
5 7 Amanda Pascoe  Australia 4:13.33
6 1 Ai Shibata  Japan 4:13.34
7 2 Monique Ferreira  Brazil 4:13.48
8 8 Jessica Deglau  Canada 4:19.36

References

  1. ^ a b c "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). 4 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. ^ 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
  3. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine