# 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 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 Jenny Thompson of US.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 24.13 | Sydney, Australia | September 22, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Amy Van Dyken (USA) | 25.03 | Atlanta, United States | August 13, 1995 |

## 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 | 1 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.49 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Tammie Stone | United States | 25.57 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.69 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Haley Cope | United States | 25.82 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 25.87 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 25.95 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Cassie Hunt | Australia | 25.95 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 25.98 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 26.08 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 26.23 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 26.29 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Courtney Shealy | United States | 26.30 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 26.30 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 26.57 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Rebeca Gusmão | Brazil | 26.78 | ? |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 26.78 | ? |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 26.87 | |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Jennifer Ng | Hong Kong | 27.16 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Dyana Calub | Australia | 27.16 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Sherry Tsai | Hong Kong | 27.37 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Hing Ting Tang | Hong Kong | 27.60 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Shuk Mui Pang | Hong Kong | 27.68 | |
| - | 2 | 8 | Maureen Farrell | United States | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Tammie Stone | United States | 25.26 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.29 | Q, OC |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.48 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Haley Cope | United States | 25.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.64 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 25.91 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 25.94 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Cassie Hunt | Australia | 25.99 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 26.08 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 26.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 26.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 26.35 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Courtney Shealy | United States | 26.40 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 26.44 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 26.81 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Rebeca Gusmão | Brazil | 27.20 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.13 |
| | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.32 |
| | 4 | Tammie Stone | United States | 25.42 |
| 4 | 6 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.66 |
| 5 | 2 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 25.78 |
| 6 | 7 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 25.97 |
| 7 | 1 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 26.09 |
| 8 | 8 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 26.10 |