# 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly 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 lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | 2:05.78 | Berlin, Germany | August 4, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Susie O'Neill (AUS) | 2:06.53 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 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 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Emily Mason | United States | 2:10.37 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:10.86 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Jen Button | Canada | 2:11.05 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Mary Descenza | United States | 2:11.25 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Yurie Yano | Japan | 2:12.22 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:12.40 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 2:12.55 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Dana Kirk | United States | 2:12.68 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Liu Yin | China | 2:12.96 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:13.42 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Felicity Galvez | Australia | 2:13.55 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:14.17 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:14.71 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Monique Ferreira | Brazil | 2:14.77 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Sawami Fujita | Japan | 2:14.85 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Heidi Crawford | Australia | 2:16.54 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:17.13 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Mary Hill | United States | 2:17.41 | |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 2:17.51 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Bárbara Jatobá | Brazil | 2:17.65 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Cassidy | United States | 2:18.43 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Jessica Abbott | Australia | 2:18.65 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Wing Suet Chan | Hong Kong | 2:18.69 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Yvette Rodier | Australia | 2:18.79 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Dena Durand | Canada | 2:19.53 | |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Nathalie Bernard | New Zealand | 2:19.55 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Megan Allan | New Zealand | 2:21.04 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Rachel Coffee | Australia | 2:21.28 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Carissa Thompson | New Zealand | 2:22.92 | |
| 30 | 1 | 7 | U Nice Chan | Singapore | 2:23.77 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Emily Mason | United States | 2:10.48 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Mary Descenza | United States | 2:10.57 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:10.74 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Yurie Yano | Japan | 2:10.96 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Dana Kirk | United States | 2:11.04 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 2:11.15 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:11.41 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Jen Button | Canada | 2:11.91 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Felicity Galvez | Australia | 2:12.06 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:12.54 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Liu Yin | China | 2:12.69 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Maki Mita | Japan | 2:12.93 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Sawami Fujita | Japan | 2:14.65 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 2:15.26 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:16.01 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Heidi Crawford | Australia | 2:16.18 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:08.31 |
| | 5 | Mary Descenza | United States | 2:09.56 |
| | 4 | Emily Mason | United States | 2:10.59 |
| 4 | 1 | Felicity Galvez | Australia | 2:11.27 |
| 5 | 2 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 2:11.97 |
| 6 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 2:12.45 |
| 7 | 7 | Jen Button | Canada | 2:12.64 |
| 8 | 6 | Yurie Yano | Japan | 2:14.10 |