2002 BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's 500 Freestyle Final Results
NCAA Div I automatic 4:19.72 - consideration 4:27.51
Meet Record 4:23.09 Carl Larsen UCSB 1999
| Place | Name | Team | Prelim | Final | Score |
| 1 | Kevin Herlihy | UCSB | 4:31.14 | 4:27.21 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Eric Koch | UCSB | 4:30.48 | 4:28.48 | 17.0 |
| 3 | Matt Mills | UOP | 4:35.23 | 4:32.26 | 16.0 |
| 4 | Edmund Herlihy | UOP | 4:32.77 | 4:32.75 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Matt Schubert | UCSB | 4:34.77 | 4:33.01 | 14.0 |
| 6 | Danny Johnson | UOP | 4:33.37 | 4:33.45 | 13.0 |
| 7 | Kevin Olson | UCI | 4:36.79 | 4:34.71 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Miles Whitfield | UOP | 4:36.63 | 4:36.86 | 11.0 |
| 9 | David Maddan | UCSB | 4:39.16 | 4:37.83 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Kyle Power | CP | 4:39.43 | 4:38.54 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Mike Mckeehan | UCI | 4:38.87 | 4:40.52 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Kareem Adnan | UCI | 4:39.95 | 4:41.65 | 5.0 |
| 13 | Christian Kneppeck | CSUN | 4:41.21 | 4:42.00 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Adam Westgate | CP | 4:41.32 | 4:42.47 | 3.0 |
| 15 | Joe Guterriez | CSUN | 4:46.80 | 4:43.55 | 2.0 |
| 16 | Pete Friedhoff | CP | 4:45.35 | 4:43.74 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Brian Mirkovich * Ex | UCSB | 4:33.56 | ||
| 18 | Matt Smith * Ex | UOP | 4:38.78 | ||
| 19 | Gavin Kelly * Ex | UCSB | 4:41.15 | ||
| 20 | Brian Lamar * Ex | UOP | 4:42.84 | ||
| 21 | Eric Hansen * Ex | UCSB | 4:46.90 | ||
| 22 | Michael Sauret | CSUN | 4:48.71 | ||
| 23 | Nate Hall | CP | 4:48.89 | ||
| 24 | Trevor Cardinal | CP | 4:50.16 | ||
| 25 | Thomas Desenna * Ex | CP | 4:55.17 | ||
| 26 | Colin Williamson | CSUN | 4:56.57 | ||
| 27 | Andre Harmse * Ex, | CP | 5:04.13 |