# 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 53.77 | Sydney, Australia | September 20, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 54.82 | Fukuoka, Japan | August 11, 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 28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 54.94 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 55.15 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 55.25 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 55.52 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Rhiannon Jeffrey | United States | 55.71 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 55.73 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 55.97 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 55.98 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 55.99 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Courtney Shealy | United States | 56.08 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 56.37 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Alice Mills | Australia | 56.64 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.72 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 56.74 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | Cassie Hunt | Australia | 56.78 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 56.89 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Haley Cope | United States | 56.93 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Maki Mita | Japan | 57.05 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | Tammie Stone | United States | 57.11 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 57.33 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 57.66 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Zhou Yafei | China | 57.67 | |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Elizabeth Collins | Canada | 57.69 | |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Mary Descenza | United States | 57.86 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Sarah Jackson | New Zealand | 57.93 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Felicity Galvez | Australia | 58.03 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Mariana Brochado | Brazil | 58.24 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Mary Hill | United States | 58.28 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Frances Adcock | Australia | 58.29 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Dana Kirk | United States | 58.44 | |
| 31 | 6 | 2 | Elka Graham | Australia | 58.57 | |
| 32 | 3 | 1 | Maiko Fujino | Japan | 59.15 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | Jennifer Ng | Hong Kong | 59.57 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Hing Ting Tang | Hong Kong | 59.91 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Nathalie Bernard | New Zealand | 1:00.15 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Shuk Mui Pang | Hong Kong | 1:00.17 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Wei Min Teo | Singapore | 1:00.20 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Rebecca Linton | New Zealand | 1:00.21 | |
| - | 3 | 3 | Jen Button | Canada | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 5 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 6 | Rebeca Gusmão | Brazil | DNS | |
| - | 4 | 2 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | DNS | |
| - | 4 | 8 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 54.72 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 55.05 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 55.36 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 55.47 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Gabrielle Rose | United States | 55.51 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 55.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 55.69 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 56.34 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 56.38 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 56.51 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.70 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 56.72 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 57.00 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Cassie Hunt | Australia | 57.05 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Maki Mita | Japan | 57.59 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Zhou Yafei | China | 58.36 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 29.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 53.99 | CR, AM |
| | 3 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 54.55 | OC |
| | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 54.75 | |
| 4 | 2 | Tomoko Nagai | Japan | 55.64 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 55.78 | |
| 6 | 8 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.41 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 56.56 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 56.91 | |