# 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 | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 25, 2001 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 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 | Australia | 1:48.51 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Klete Keller | United States | 1:49.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:49.46 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:49.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Nate Dusing | United States | 1:49.58 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Craig Stevens | Australia | 1:49.84 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Richard Say | Canada | 1:49.85 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 1:49.91 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Chad Carvin | United States | 1:50.12 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Jason Cram | Australia | 1:50.40 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 1:50.83 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 1:50.95 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Yoshihiro Okumura | Japan | 1:51.11 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Rafael Mosca | Brazil | 1:51.23 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Scott Tucker | United States | 1:51.75 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 1:52.33 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Leon Dunne | Australia | 1:52.50 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Bruno Bonfim | Brazil | 1:52.89 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | André Cordeiro | Brazil | 1:53.20 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Mark Kin Ming Kwok | Hong Kong | 1:54.89 |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Hiroaki Akebe | Japan | 1:54.89 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 1:54.92 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Jun Mark Chay Jung | Singapore | 1:55.02 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | Singapore | 1:55.07 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Alexandre Pereira | Brazil | 1:58.37 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Shui Ki Szeto | Hong Kong | 1:59.11 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Hok Him Fung | Hong Kong | 1:59.50 | |
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Dean Palacios | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:06.37 | |
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Kin Duenas | Guam | 2:12.03 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:47.57 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:48.41 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Klete Keller | United States | 1:48.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Nate Dusing | United States | 1:48.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Richard Say | Canada | 1:48.89 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:49.13 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 1:49.83 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Chad Carvin | United States | 1:49.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Scott Tucker | United States | 1:50.03 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 1:50.12 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Yoshihiro Okumura | Japan | 1:50.42 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Jason Cram | Australia | 1:50.93 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 1:51.17 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Rafael Mosca | Brazil | 1:51.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Leon Dunne | Australia | 1:51.61 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Bruno Bonfim | Brazil | 1:53.70 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 26.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:44.75 | CR |
| | 5 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:45.84 | |
| | 6 | Nate Dusing | United States | 1:48.11 | |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Say | Canada | 1:48.26 | |
| 5 | 3 | Klete Keller | United States | 1:48.42 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:49.48 | |
| 7 | 1 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 1:49.74 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yoshihiro Okumura | Japan | 1:49.97 | |