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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tom Malchow of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:54.58 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 24, 2001 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:55.41 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 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 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:57.09 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:57.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Yu Kondo | Japan | 1:59.01 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:59.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 1:59.27 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | Peru | 2:00.53 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Kohei Kawamoto | Japan | 2:00.61 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Eric Donnelly | United States | 2:00.75 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Pedro Monteiro | Brazil | 2:00.75 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Andrew Livingston | Puerto Rico | 2:00.99 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Justin Norris | Australia | 2:01.24 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Heath Ramsay | Australia | 2:02.01 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 2:02.16 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Chad Murray | Canada | 2:02.53 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:02.94 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:03.13 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Mark Kwok Kin Ming | Hong Kong | 2:04.98 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | Brazil | 2:06.53 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Szeto Shui Ki | Hong Kong | 2:07.39 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Kléber Ihara | Brazil | 2:07.81 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Ng Cheng Xun | Singapore | 2:11.88 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Dean Palacios | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:18.63 | |
| - | 3 | 2 | Brian Johns | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:56.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:56.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:56.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 1:56.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:58.77 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Kohei Kawamoto | Japan | 1:59.66 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | Peru | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Yu Kondo | Japan | 2:00.06 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Pedro Monteiro | Brazil | 2:00.07 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Eric Donnelly | United States | 2:00.27 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Andrew Livingston | Puerto Rico | 2:01.37 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 2:02.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Trent Steed | Australia | 2:02.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Heath Ramsay | Australia | 2:02.57 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Chad Murray | Canada | 2:02.82 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Dean Kent | New Zealand | 2:03.18 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Tom Malchow | United States | 1:55.21 | CR |
| | 4 | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:55.41 | |
| | 3 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 1:55.57 | |
| 4 | 6 | Takeshi Matsuda | Japan | 1:56.64 | |
| 5 | 2 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:58.40 | |
| 6 | 7 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | Peru | 2:00.18 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrew Livingston | Puerto Rico | 2:00.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pedro Monteiro | Brazil | 2:00.64 | |