Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueSajik Swimming Pool
Date2 October 2002
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    China
bronze medal    South Korea
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Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 2 October 2002 10:00 Heats
19:00 Final

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.08 Manchester, United Kingdom 30 July 2002
Asian Record   Shunichi Fujita (JPN) 3:50.36 Fukuoka, Japan 22 July 2001
Games Record   Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA) 3:53.61 Bangkok, Thailand 10 December 1998

Results

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Legend
  • DNS — Did not start

Heats

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 2   Shunichi Fujita (JPN) 3:53.23 GR
2 1   Cho Sung-mo (KOR) 3:56.75
3 2   Han Kyu-chul (KOR) 3:57.49
4 2   Yu Cheng (CHN) 3:57.52
5 2   Miguel Mendoza (PHI) 4:03.94
6 1   Zheng Shibin (CHN) 4:04.13
7 1   Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 4:04.18
8 1   Chung Kwok Leung (HKG) 4:05.59
9 2   Naeem Al-Masri (SYR) 4:10.38
1   Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Shunichi Fujita (JPN) 3:50.41 GR
    Yu Cheng (CHN) 3:54.57
    Han Kyu-chul (KOR) 3:56.10
4   Cho Sung-mo (KOR) 3:57.87
5   Miguel Mendoza (PHI) 4:01.11
6   Zheng Shibin (CHN) 4:02.09
7   Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 4:02.98
8   Chung Kwok Leung (HKG) 4:06.10

References

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