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

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 30 July. Both the heats and final were held on 30 July.

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 July 2002
Winning time	3 minutes 40.08 seconds
Medalists
Ian Thorpe   Australia   Grant Hackett   Australia   Graeme Smith   Scotland

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows;

World record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:40.17	Fukuoka, Japan	22 July 2001
Commonwealth record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:40.17	Fukuoka, Japan	22 July 2001
Games record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:44.35	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	15 September 1998

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Final	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:40.08	WR

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:40.08	WR
	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:43.48
	Graeme Smith	Scotland	3:49.40
4	Craig Stevens	Australia	3:49.84
5	Adam Faulkner	England	3:51.88
6	James Salter	England	3:53.35
7	Rick Say	Canada	3:53.55
8	Mark Johnston	Canada	3:56.25

Key: WR = World record

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:47.24	Q
2	2	4	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:49.13	Q
3	1	4	Graeme Smith	Scotland	3:50.19	Q
4	1	3	Adam Faulkner	England	3:52.39	Q
5	3	5	Craig Stevens	Australia	3:52.78	Q
6	2	5	James Salter	England	3:53.89	Q
7	3	3	Mark Johnston	Canada	3:55.15	Q
8	1	5	Rick Say	Canada	3:55.28	Q
9	2	3	Andrew Hurd	Canada	3:55.67
10	2	6	Stuart Trees	England	3:55.79
11	3	6	David Davies	Wales	3:56.10
12	1	6	Andrew Jameson	Scotland	3:56.88
13	3	2	Damian Alleyne	Barbados	4:06.78
14	2	2	Jonathon Le Noury	Guernsey	4:18.00
15	3	7	Barnsley Albert	Seychelles	4:23.59
16	2	7	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	4:27.73
17	1	7	Kpiliboh Otiko	Nigeria	4:54.15
	1	2	Alexandros Aresti	Cyprus	DNS

References

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