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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tom Wilkens of US.
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 | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | David Wharton (USA) | 2:00.11 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |

## 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 28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.73 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 2:01.88 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:01.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Kevin Clements | United States | 2:02.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:02.40 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Eric Donnelly | United States | 2:02.82 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:03.07 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:03.38 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:03.84 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil | 2:04.18 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Shinya Taniguchi | Japan | 2:04.48 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:04.88 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:05.65 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Chad Murray | Canada | 2:06.48 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Mark Gangloff | United States | 2:07.28 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Jin Hao | China | 2:07.62 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Carlos Sayao | Canada | 2:08.04 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Rafael Gonçalves | Brazil | 2:08.07 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:08.96 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | Singapore | 2:09.01 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | José Belarmino Souza | Brazil | 2:09.98 | |
| 22 | 1 | 3 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:10.49 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Kléber Ihara | Brazil | 2:10.50 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Seung Gin Lee | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:18.03 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | Rafael Chua | Philippines | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 5 | Nate Dusing | United States | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 7 | Keith Beavers | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:59.83 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:01.35 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:01.50 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Shinya Taniguchi | Japan | 2:01.59 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Eric Donnelly | United States | 2:01.84 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:01.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Kevin Clements | United States | 2:02.07 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:03.22 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:03.27 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:03.36 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Diogo Yabe | Brazil | 2:04.85 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:05.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Chad Murray | Canada | 2:05.62 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Carlos Sayao | Canada | 2:07.32 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Jin Hao | China | 2:12.02 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 29.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:59.70 | CR |
| | 3 | Takahiro Mori | Japan | 2:00.61 | |
| | 6 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:01.17 | |
| 4 | 2 | Brian Johns | Canada | 2:01.25 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jiro Miki | Japan | 2:01.67 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:02.88 | |
| 7 | 1 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:03.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 2:04.91 | |