2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Susie O'Neill 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 | 1:56.64 | Berlin, Germany | August 3, 2002 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:57.48 | Fukuoka, Japan | August 10, 1997 |
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 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Lindsay Benko | 2:00.72 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:00.75 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Elka Graham | 2:01.04 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Diana Munz | 2:01.11 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Alison Fitch | 2:01.35 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Mariana Brochado | 2:01.45 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Giaan Rooney | 2:01.60 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | Monique Ferreira | 2:01.70 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Pang Jiaying | 2:01.84 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Tomoko Nagai | 2:02.09 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Norie Urabe | 2:02.09 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Jessica Deglau | 2:02.37 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Mary Hill | 2:02.42 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Heidi Crawford | 2:02.46 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Sachiko Yamada | 2:02.60 | Q | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Elizabeth Collins | 2:02.63 | Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Rhiannon Jeffrey | 2:02.71 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Ai Shibata | 2:03.34 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Rebecca Creedy | 2:03.63 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Denise Oliveira | 2:04.78 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Kelly Doody | 2:04.99 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Helen Norfolk | 2:05.19 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Madoka Ochi | 2:05.73 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Sarah Jackson | 2:06.08 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Melanie Bouchard | 2:06.51 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Rebecca Linton | 2:07.32 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | 2:09.56 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 1 | Wei Min Teo | 2:12.14 | ||
| - | 1 | 7 | Nathalie Bernard | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 5 | Petria Thomas | DNS | ||
| - | 4 | 1 | Laura Nicholls | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Lindsay Benko | 2:00.66 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Diana Munz | 2:00.78 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Elka Graham | 2:00.85 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:01.37 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Giaan Rooney | 2:01.37 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Mariana Brochado | 2:01.52 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Sachiko Yamada | 2:01.55 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Pang Jiaying | 2:01.61 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Mary Hill | 2:01.73 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Alison Fitch | 2:01.92 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Tomoko Nagai | 2:02.04 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Monique Ferreira | 2:02.20 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Elizabeth Collins | 2:02.54 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Heidi Crawford | 2:02.58 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Norie Urabe | 2:03.27 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Deglau | 2:03.53 |
Final
The final was held on August 27.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Lindsay Benko | 1:58.74 | |||
| 3 | Elka Graham | 1:59.72 | |||
| 2 | Giaan Rooney | 1:59.82 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:00.26 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Diana Munz | 2:00.95 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Pang Jiaying | 2:01.65 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Sachiko Yamada | 2:01.94 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Mariana Brochado | 2:02.68 |