Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue
Date4 October
Competitors12 from 7 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal Cho Sung-mo   South Korea
bronze medal Han Kyu-chul   South Korea
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2002 Asian Games
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
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Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

The men's 1500 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the . This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

Schedule[]

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Friday, 4 October 2002 10:00 Final 1
19:00 Final 2

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001
Asian Record  Masato Hirano (JPN) 15:14.43 Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000
Games Record  Masato Hirano (JPN) 15:22.20 Bangkok, Thailand 6 December 1998

Results[]

Legend
  • DNS — Did not start
Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2   (CHN) 15:10.99 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Cho Sung-mo (KOR) 15:12.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Han Kyu-chul (KOR) 15:22.38
4 2   (JPN) 15:24.64
5 2   (CHN) 15:46.13
6 2  Miguel Mendoza (PHI) 15:46.40
7 2  Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 15:57.29
8 1   (HKG) 16:05.79
9 1   (SYR) 16:37.91
10 1  Anas Abu-Yousuf (QAT) 17:41.59
11 1   (QAT) 19:12.90
— 2  Carlo Piccio (PHI) DNS

References[]

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