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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 25, 2002 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Winning time	7:44.78
Medalists
	← 1997 2006 →

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.

Records

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

World record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	7:39.16	Fukuoka, Japan	July 24, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	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
	2	5	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:44.78	CR
	2	2	Larsen Jensen	United States	7:52.05
	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