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

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates30 July 2002
Winning time3 minutes 40.08 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Scotland
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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.

Records

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

World record  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.17 Fukuoka, Japan 22 July 2001 [1]
Commonwealth record  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.17 Fukuoka, Japan 22 July 2001 [1]
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

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Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:40.08 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 3:43.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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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  1. ^ a b "Thorpe shatters another record". BBC Sport. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2021.