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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Simon Cowley of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:10.16 | Barcelona, Spain | July 29, 1992 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:11.96 | 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 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Daisuke Kimura | Japan | 2:12.92 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Thomas Wilkens | United States | 2:14.48 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Brendan Hansen | United States | 2:15.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:15.95 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Marcelo Tomazini | Brazil | 2:16.53 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Jim Piper | Australia | 2:16.82 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Mark Gangloff | United States | 2:16.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Regan Harrison | Australia | 2:17.10 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | David Denniston | United States | 2:17.20 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | John Stamhuis | Canada | 2:17.30 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Kevin Clements | United States | 2:17.55 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi | Japan | 2:18.74 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Wang Haibo | China | 2:18.87 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:19.53 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Chad Thomsen | Canada | 2:19.56 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 2:22.43 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | José Belarmino Souza | Brazil | 2:23.22 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Michael Andrew Scott | Hong Kong | 2:24.24 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Kieran Daly | New Zealand | 2:25.98 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 1 | Rafael Chua | Philippines | DNS | |
| - | 3 | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Jim Piper | Australia | 2:11.54 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Brendan Hansen | United States | 2:12.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:13.28 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Daisuke Kimura | Japan | 2:13.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | David Denniston | United States | 2:13.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Thomas Wilkens | United States | 2:13.84 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | John Stamhuis | Canada | 2:15.87 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Mark Gangloff | United States | 2:16.19 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Marcelo Tomazini | Brazil | 2:16.25 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Regan Harrison | Australia | 2:16.40 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Wang Haibo | China | 2:18.98 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:19.67 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Chad Thomsen | Canada | 2:20.06 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Tam Chi Kin | Hong Kong | 2:22.88 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Kieran Daly | New Zealand | 2:24.45 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Michael Andrew Scott | Hong Kong | 2:26.37 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Brendan Hansen | United States | 2:11.80 |
| | 4 | Jim Piper | Australia | 2:12.53 |
| | 6 | Daisuke Kimura | Japan | 2:12.71 |
| 4 | 3 | Mike Brown | Canada | 2:12.87 |
| 5 | 2 | David Denniston | United States | 2:13.10 |
| 6 | 8 | Regan Harrison | Australia | 2:15.69 |
| 7 | 7 | John Stamhuis | Canada | 2:16.42 |
| 8 | 1 | Marcelo Tomazini | Brazil | 2:17.25 |