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

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | August 25, 1991 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Anna Simcic (NZL) | 2:10.79 | Edmonton, Canada | August 25, 1991 |

## 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 | 3 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:12.55 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:12.73 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Fratesi | Canada | 2:13.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 2:13.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Clementine Stoney | Australia | 2:13.60 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 2:13.67 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:14.08 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Diana MacManus | United States | 2:14.25 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Toshie Abe | Japan | 2:14.46 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 2:14.85 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 2:14.89 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Maureen Farrell | United States | 2:15.01 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Kelly Tucker | Australia | 2:15.23 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:15.42 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Melissa Morgan | Australia | 2:15.87 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Erin Gammel | Canada | 2:16.42 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Amanda Gillespie | Canada | 2:17.16 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Melanie Bouchard | Canada | 2:17.80 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:17.82 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:19.77 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai | Hong Kong | 2:20.21 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Yvette Rodier | Australia | 2:21.05 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Frances Adcock | Australia | 2:22.03 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Carissa Thompson | New Zealand | 2:30.44 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:11.27 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Jennifer Fratesi | Canada | 2:11.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:12.20 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 2:12.68 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 2:12.93 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Diana MacManus | United States | 2:13.19 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Toshie Abe | Japan | 2:13.55 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Clementine Stoney | Australia | 2:14.03 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:14.19 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 2:14.39 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Melissa Morgan | Australia | 2:14.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Maureen Farrell | United States | 2:14.58 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Kelly Tucker | Australia | 2:15.50 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:16.00 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Amanda Gillespie | Canada | 2:16.88 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Melanie Bouchard | Canada | 2:18.45 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 29.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:11.00 |
| | 3 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 2:12.28 |
| | 4 | Jennifer Fratesi | Canada | 2:12.71 |
| 4 | 6 | Diana MacManus | United States | 2:14.01 |
| 5 | 7 | Elizabeth Warden | Canada | 2:14.15 |
| 6 | 2 | Clementine Stoney | Australia | 2:14.37 |
| 7 | 1 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 2:14.74 |
| 8 | 8 | Melissa Morgan | Australia | 2:16.36 |