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

Women's 400 metre freestyle2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 25, 2002 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	23 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:09.50
Medalists
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2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Yokohama, Japan
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

The women's 400 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 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	Janet Evans (USA)	4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	September 22, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:04.53	Tokyo, Japan	August 19, 1989

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

The first round was held on August 25.^[1]

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

The final was held on August 25.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	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