2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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. The last champion was Grant Hackett of Australia.

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 record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 29, 2001 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:45.60 | Sydney, Australia | August 29, 1999 |

## Results

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