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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Joanne Malar of Canada.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | October 17, 1997 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Allison Wagner (USA) | 2:12.54 | Kobe, Japan | August 15, 1993 |

## 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 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:15.51 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:15.89 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Corrie Clark | United States | 2:16.02 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:17.25 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Martha Bowen | United States | 2:17.47 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Zhou Yafei | China | 2:17.48 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Alice Mills | Australia | 2:18.07 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Sawami Fujita | Japan | 2:18.23 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Kristy Cameron | Canada | 2:18.51 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Jessica Abbott | Australia | 2:18.71 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 2:18.96 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:20.25 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Kelly Doody | Canada | 2:20.31 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 2:20.33 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:20.35 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Andrea Cassidy | United States | 2:20.40 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Yvette Rodier | Australia | 2:20.52 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 2:20.59 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Ayane Sato | Japan | 2:20.93 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dena Durand | Canada | 2:21.24 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:21.41 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Van Welie | New Zealand | 2:21.61 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Jane Copland | New Zealand | 2:25.15 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Carissa Thompson | New Zealand | 2:25.48 | |
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Tse May Heng | Singapore | 2:29.55 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | Jenny Guerrero | Philippines | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 8 | Brooke Hanson | Australia | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 1 | Amanda Beard | United States | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:14.23 | Q |
| 2 | Martha Bowen | United States | 2:14.31 | Q |
| 3 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:14.95 | Q |
| 4 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:15.70 | Q |
| 5 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 2:16.34 | Q |
| 6 | Alice Mills | Australia | 2:16.36 | Q |
| 7 | Corrie Clark | United States | 2:17.53 | Q |
| 8 | Zhou Yafei | China | 2:17.61 | Q |
| 9 | Jessica Abbott | Australia | 2:17.63 | |
| 10 | Kristy Cameron | Canada | 2:18.72 | |
| 11 | Sawami Fujita | Japan | 2:18.96 | |
| 12 | Kelly Doody | Canada | 2:20.07 | |
| 13 | Yvette Rodier | Australia | 2:20.78 | |
| 14 | Madeleine Crippen | United States | 2:20.88 | |
| 15 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:20.97 | |
| 16 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 2:21.30 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 26.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:13.42 |
| | 3 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 2:13.93 |
| | 5 | Maggie Bowen | United States | 2:14.28 |
| 4 | 1 | Zhou Yafei | China | 2:16.23 |
| 5 | 7 | Alice Mills | Australia | 2:16.51 |
| 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:16.99 |
| 7 | 2 | Jennifer Reilly | Australia | 2:18.70 |
| 8 | 8 | Kristy Cameron | Canada | 2:18.72 |