2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Matthew Dunn of Australia.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 4:11.09 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | August 15, 2002 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:14.77 | Atlanta, United States | August 10, 1995 |
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 |
Heats
The first round was held on August 25.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 4:13.27 | Q, CR | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Takahiro Mori | 4:15.41 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Shinya Taniguchi | 4:15.46 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Erik Vendt | 4:16.64 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Tom Wilkens | 4:19.06 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Brian Johns | 4:19.21 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Eric Donnelly | 4:19.75 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Jiro Miki | 4:20.66 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Trent Steed | 4:20.74 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Dean Kent | 4:20.97 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Kevin Clements | 4:21.74 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Justin Norris | 4:22.51 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Carlos Sayao | 4:23.09 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Keith Beavers | 4:25.03 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Rafael Gonçalves | 4:26.51 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Chad Murray | 4:29.27 | ||
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Anthony van der Kraay | 4:31.29 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Diogo Yabe | 4:31.56 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Lucas Salatta | 4:34.41 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Kléber Ihara | 4:40.30 |
Final
The final was held on August 25.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 4:12.48 | CR | ||
| 6 | Erik Vendt | 4:13.15 | |||
| 5 | Takahiro Mori | 4:16.35 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Brian Johns | 4:16.44 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Shinya Taniguchi | 4:17.62 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Justin Norris | 4:20.19 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Dean Kent | 4:20.79 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Trent Steed | 4:21.45 |