# 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 | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | 1:56.64 | Berlin, Germany | August 3, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Claudia Poll (CRC) | 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 | United States | 2:00.72 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:00.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Elka Graham | Australia | 2:01.04 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Diana Munz | United States | 2:01.11 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 2:01.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Mariana Brochado | Brazil | 2:01.45 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 2:01.60 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | Monique Ferreira | Brazil | 2:01.70 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Pang Jiaying | China | 2:01.84 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 2:02.09 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 2:02.09 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:02.37 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Mary Hill | United States | 2:02.42 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Heidi Crawford | Australia | 2:02.46 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 2:02.60 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Elizabeth Collins | Canada | 2:02.63 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Rhiannon Jeffrey | United States | 2:02.71 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Ai Shibata | Japan | 2:03.34 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 2:03.63 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Denise Oliveira | Brazil | 2:04.78 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Kelly Doody | Canada | 2:04.99 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:05.19 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Madoka Ochi | Japan | 2:05.73 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Sarah Jackson | New Zealand | 2:06.08 | |
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Melanie Bouchard | Canada | 2:06.51 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Rebecca Linton | New Zealand | 2:07.32 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:09.56 | |
| 28 | 1 | 1 | Wei Min Teo | Singapore | 2:12.14 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | Nathalie Bernard | New Zealand | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | DNS | |
| - | 4 | 1 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 2:00.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Diana Munz | United States | 2:00.78 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Elka Graham | Australia | 2:00.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:01.37 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 2:01.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Mariana Brochado | Brazil | 2:01.52 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 2:01.55 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Pang Jiaying | China | 2:01.61 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Mary Hill | United States | 2:01.73 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 2:01.92 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 2:02.04 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Monique Ferreira | Brazil | 2:02.20 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Elizabeth Collins | Canada | 2:02.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Heidi Crawford | Australia | 2:02.58 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 2:03.27 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:03.53 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 1:58.74 |
| | 3 | Elka Graham | Australia | 1:59.72 |
| | 2 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 1:59.82 |
| 4 | 6 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:00.26 |
| 5 | 5 | Diana Munz | United States | 2:00.95 |
| 6 | 8 | Pang Jiaying | China | 2:01.65 |
| 7 | 1 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 2:01.94 |
| 8 | 7 | Mariana Brochado | Brazil | 2:02.68 |