The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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 record14:34.56Fukuoka, JapanJuly 29, 2001Pan Pacific Championships record14:45.60Sydney, AustraliaAugust 29, 1999

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 4 Grant Hackett 14:41.65 CR 2 5 Erik Vendt 15:02.24 2 3 Larsen Jensen 15:05.17 4 2 6 Craig Stevens 15:20.76 5 2 2 Shunichi Fujita 15:21.19 6 2 1 Kurtis MacGillivary 15:36.12 7 2 8 Bruno Bonfim 15:41.80 8 2 7 Takeshi Matsuda 15:53.75 - 1 4 Chris Thompson 15:29.27 - 1 5 Kwok Leung Chung 16:02.83

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