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

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	2 October
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Shunichi Fujita    Japan   Yu Cheng    China   Han Kyu-chul    South Korea

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

The men's 400 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 2 October 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:40.08	Manchester, United Kingdom	30 July 2002
Asian Record	Shunichi Fujita (JPN)	3:50.36	Fukuoka, Japan	22 July 2001
Games Record	Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA)	3:53.61	Bangkok, Thailand	10 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Shunichi Fujita (JPN)	3:53.23	GR
2	1	Cho Sung-mo (KOR)	3:56.75
3	2	Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	3:57.49
4	2	Yu Cheng (CHN)	3:57.52
5	2	Miguel Mendoza (PHI)	4:03.94
6	1	Zheng Shibin (CHN)	4:04.13
7	1	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	4:04.18
8	1	Chung Kwok Leung (HKG)	4:05.59
9	2	Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)	4:10.38
—	1	Anas Abu-Yousuf (QAT)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Shunichi Fujita (JPN)	3:50.41	GR
	Yu Cheng (CHN)	3:54.57
	Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	3:56.10
4	Cho Sung-mo (KOR)	3:57.87
5	Miguel Mendoza (PHI)	4:01.11
6	Zheng Shibin (CHN)	4:02.09
7	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	4:02.98
8	Chung Kwok Leung (HKG)	4:06.10

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 180–181
• Results