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

The men's 50 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 Brendon Dedekind of South Africa.
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 | Alexander Popov (RUS) | 21.64 | Moscow, Russia | June 16, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Brendon Dedekind (RSA) | 22.06 | Sydney, Australia | August 28, 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 | 3 | 4 | Anthony Ervin | United States | 22.43 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.80 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Brett Hawke | Australia | 22.93 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ashley Callus | Australia | 23.02 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Issei Nakanishi | Japan | 23.02 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Renato Gueraldi | Brazil | 23.08 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Aaron Ciarla | United States | 23.12 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Thomas Hannan | United States | 23.14 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Adam Pine | Australia | 23.20 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.25 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Naoki Nagura | Japan | 23.31 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 23.35 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Richard Bera | Indonesia | 23.45 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Kohei Kawamoto | Japan | 23.50 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Guilherme Roth | Brazil | 23.55 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 23.62 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Mark Herring | New Zealand | 23.68 | |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 23.72 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | André Cordeiro | Brazil | 23.79 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 23.92 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Geoff Huegill | Australia | 23.94 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | Singapore | 24.22 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Jun Mark Chay Jung | Singapore | 24.59 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Wing Harbeth Fu | Hong Kong | 24.67 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Kenneth Kin Lun Doo | Hong Kong | 24.84 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Kwok Kei Wong | Hong Kong | 25.92 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Dean Palacios | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.19 | |
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Kin Duenas | Guam | 26.67 | |
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Seung Gin Lee | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.98 | |
| - | 4 | 2 | Todd Pearson | Australia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Brett Hawke | Australia | 22.43 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Anthony Ervin | United States | 22.48 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Ashley Callus | Australia | 22.64 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Aaron Ciarla | United States | 22.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Hannan | United States | 22.86 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Adam Pine | Australia | 22.98 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Renato Gueraldi | Brazil | 23.05 | ? |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Issei Nakanishi | Japan | 23.05 | ? |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.15 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Naoki Nagura | Japan | 23.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 23.22 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Richard Bera | Indonesia | 23.43 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Guilherme Roth | Brazil | 23.50 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | André Cordeiro | Brazil | 23.69 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Mark Herring | New Zealand | 23.74 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 26.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.22 |
| | 3 | Anthony Ervin | United States | 22.28 |
| | 5 | Brett Hawke | Australia | 22.40 |
| 4 | 6 | Ashley Callus | Australia | 22.56 |
| 5 | 1 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 22.81 |
| 6 | 7 | Issei Nakanishi | Japan | 23.00 |
| 7 | 2 | Renato Gueraldi | Brazil | 23.05 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Nagura | Japan | 23.29 |