The women's 1500 metre freestyle 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 Brooke Bennett of US, in 1997. This event wasn't held in 1999.[3]
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Yokohama International Swimming Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | August 24, 2002 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 16:07.86 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA)
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15:52.10 | Orlando, United States | March 26, 1988 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record |  Hayley Lewis (AUS)
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16:04.84 | Kobe, Japan | August 12, 1993 |
Results
editAll 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 | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Diana Munz | United States |
16:07.86 | |
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3 | Sachiko Yamada |  Japan |
16:16.28 | |
 |
7 | Morgan Hentzen | United States |
16:29.25 | |
| 4 | 6 | Nayara Ribeiro |  Brazil |
16:33.82 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ai Shibata | Japan |
16:33.86 | |
| 6 | 1 | Taryn Lencoe |  Canada |
16:42.82 | |
| 7 | 5 | Amanda Pascoe | Australia |
16:46.84 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rebecca Linton |  New Zealand |
17:18.92 |
References
edit- ^ "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ^ 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine