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

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{{Infobox swimming event

| event = Men's 400 metre freestyle

| competition = 2002 Commonwealth Games

| venue = Manchester Aquatics Centre

| dates = 30 July 2002

| competitors =

| nations =

| win_value = 3 minutes 40.08 seconds

| gold = Ian Thorpe

| goldNOC = AUS

| silver = Grant Hackett

| silverNOC = AUS

| bronze = Graeme Smith

| bronzeNOC = SCO

| prev = 1998

| next = 2006

}}

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

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

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ian Thorpe|AUS}}

| world_mark = 3:40.17

| world_place = Fukuoka, Japan

| world_date = 22 July 2001

| world_ref = {{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1456307.stm|title=Thorpe shatters another record|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 July 2001|accessdate=2 August 2021}}

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ian Thorpe|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 3:40.17

| commonwealth_place = Fukuoka, Japan

| commonwealth_date = 22 July 2001

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ian Thorpe|AUS}}

| games_mark = 3:44.35

| games_place = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| games_date = 15 September 1998

| games_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

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! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

30 JulyFinalalign=left|Ian Thorpealign=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2002}}3:40.08 WR

Results

=Final=

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold1}}align=left|Ian Thorpealign=left| {{AUS}}3:40.08WR
{{silver2}}align=left|Grant Hackettalign=left| {{AUS}}3:43.48
{{Bronze3}}align=left|Graeme Smithalign=left| {{SCO}}3:49.40
4align=left| Craig Stevensalign=left| {{AUS}}3:49.84
5align=left| Adam Faulkneralign=left| {{ENG}}3:51.88
6align=left| James Salteralign=left| {{ENG}}3:53.35
7align=left| Rick Sayalign=left| {{CAN}}3:53.55
8align=left| Mark Johnstonalign=left| {{CAN}}3:56.25

Key: WR = World record

=Preliminaries=

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RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

34align=left|Ian Thorpealign=left| {{AUS}}3:47.24Q
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| 2

24align=left|Grant Hackettalign=left| {{AUS}}3:49.13Q
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| 3

14align=left|Graeme Smithalign=left| {{SCO}}3:50.19Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 4

13align=left| Adam Faulkneralign=left| {{ENG}}3:52.39Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 5

35align=left| Craig Stevensalign=left| {{AUS}}3:52.78Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

25align=left| James Salteralign=left| {{ENG}}3:53.89Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 7

33align=left| Mark Johnstonalign=left| {{CAN}}3:55.15Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 8

15align=left| Rick Sayalign=left| {{CAN}}3:55.28Q
923align=left|Andrew Hurdalign=left|{{CAN}}3:55.67
1026align=left|Stuart Treesalign=left|{{ENG}}3:55.79
1136align=left|David Daviesalign=left|{{WAL}}3:56.10
1216align=left|Andrew Jamesonalign=left|{{SCO}}3:56.88
1332align=left|Damian Alleynealign=left|{{BAR}}4:06.78
1422align=left|Jonathon Le Nouryalign=left|{{flag|Guernsey}}4:18.00
1537align=left|Barnsley Albertalign=left|{{SEY}}4:23.59
1627align=left|Colin Bensadonalign=left|{{GIB}}4:27.73
1717align=left|Kpiliboh Otikoalign=left|{{NGR}}4:54.15
12align=left|Alexandros Arestialign=left|{{CYP}}DNS

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp Retrieved 2010-01-21]
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/aquatics_results.stm Retrieved 2010-01-21]

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