2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Brooke Bennett of US, in 1997. This event wasn't held in 1999.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.