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

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.
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 | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:55.15 | Minneapolis, United States | March 20, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 1:55.87 | Sydney, Australia | August 27, 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 27.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:59.40 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Nakano | Japan | 2:00.26 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:00.74 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Luke Wagner | United States | 2:01.56 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Raymond Hunt | United States | 2:01.93 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 2:02.54 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:02.76 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Scott Talbot | New Zealand | 2:03.14 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 2:03.22 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Leigh McBean | Australia | 2:03.87 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Yu Rui | China | 2:04.60 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Carlos Sayao | Canada | 2:04.81 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ethan Rolff | Australia | 2:05.35 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 2:05.90 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Anthony van der Kraay | New Zealand | 2:06.32 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Thiago Pinto | Brazil | 2:06.92 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Michael Galindo | Puerto Rico | 2:07.36 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Mun Yew Gerald Koh | Singapore | 2:09.37 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Gord Veldman | Canada | 2:11.23 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Seung Gin Lee | Northern Mariana Islands | 2:24.37 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:56.49 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Nakano | Japan | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 1:59.97 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Leigh McBean | Australia | 2:00.12 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 2:00.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Raymond Hunt | United States | 2:00.74 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Yu Rui | China | 2:01.53 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:01.62 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Luke Wagner | United States | 2:02.27 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Scott Talbot | New Zealand | 2:02.57 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 2:02.61 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Ethan Rolff | Australia | 2:02.89 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Carlos Sayao | Canada | 2:04.02 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 2:04.83 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Thiago Pinto | Brazil | 2:05.26 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Anthony van der Kraay | New Zealand | 2:06.32 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 28.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:56.88 |
| | 3 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 1:57.69 |
| | 2 | Keith Beavers | Canada | 1:59.35 |
| 4 | 5 | Takashi Nakano | Japan | 2:00.08 |
| 5 | 6 | Leigh McBean | Australia | 2:00.50 |
| 6 | 7 | Raymond Hunt | United States | 2:00.79 |
| 7 | 8 | Naoya Sonoda | Japan | 2:00.93 |
| 8 | 1 | Yu Rui | China | 2:01.56 |