title: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
  
  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 |
  | Wednesday, 2 October 2002 | 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 | |
  