| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Yokohama International Swimming Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | August 25, 2002 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:44.78 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia, in 1997. This event was not held in 1999.[3]
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
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7:39.16 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 24, 2001 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
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7:50.28 | Atlanta, United States | August 10, 1995 |
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 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | 5 | Grant Hackett | Australia |
7:44.78 | CR |
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2 | 2 | Larsen Jensen |  United States |
7:52.05 | |
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2 | 4 | Chris Thompson | United States |
7:56.69 | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Craig Stevens | Australia |
7:56.86 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Shunichi Fujita |  Japan |
8:01.97 | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan |
8:11.22 | |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Kurtis MacGillivary |  Canada |
8:12.27 | |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Bruno Bonfim |  Brazil |
8:27.10 | |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Kwok Leung Chung |  Hong Kong |
8:36.77 |
