2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 25, 2001 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:46.00 | Sydney, Australia | August 24, 1999 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on August 25.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | 1:48.51 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Klete Keller | 1:49.10 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Mark Johnston | 1:49.46 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Grant Hackett | 1:49.48 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Nate Dusing | 1:49.58 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Craig Stevens | 1:49.84 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Richard Say | 1:49.85 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Daisuke Hosokawa | 1:49.91 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Chad Carvin | 1:50.12 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Jason Cram | 1:50.40 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Brent Hayden | 1:50.83 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Yosuke Ichikawa | 1:50.95 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Yoshihiro Okumura | 1:51.11 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Rafael Mosca | 1:51.23 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Scott Tucker | 1:51.75 | Q | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Robert van der Zant | 1:52.33 | Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Leon Dunne | 1:52.50 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Bruno Bonfim | 1:52.89 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | André Cordeiro | 1:53.20 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Mark Kin Ming Kwok | 1:54.89 | - | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Hiroaki Akebe | 1:54.89 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Moss Burmester | 1:54.92 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Jun Mark Chay Jung | 1:55.02 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | 1:55.07 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Alexandre Pereira | 1:58.37 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Shui Ki Szeto | 1:59.11 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Hok Him Fung | 1:59.50 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Dean Palacios | 2:06.37 | ||
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Kin Duenas | 2:12.03 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 25.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | 1:47.57 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Grant Hackett | 1:48.41 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Klete Keller | 1:48.52 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Nate Dusing | 1:48.59 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Richard Say | 1:48.89 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Mark Johnston | 1:49.13 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Brent Hayden | 1:49.83 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Chad Carvin | 1:49.98 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Scott Tucker | 1:50.03 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Daisuke Hosokawa | 1:50.12 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Yoshihiro Okumura | 1:50.42 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Jason Cram | 1:50.93 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Yosuke Ichikawa | 1:51.17 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Rafael Mosca | 1:51.47 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Leon Dunne | 1:51.61 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Bruno Bonfim | 1:53.70 |
Final
The final was held on August 26.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Ian Thorpe | 1:44.75 | CR | ||
| 5 | Grant Hackett | 1:45.84 | |||
| 6 | Nate Dusing | 1:48.11 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Richard Say | 1:48.26 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Klete Keller | 1:48.42 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Mark Johnston | 1:49.48 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Daisuke Hosokawa | 1:49.74 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Yoshihiro Okumura | 1:49.97 |