2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 24, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 25, 2002 (final)
Competitors	23 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:00.36
Medalists
Kosuke Kitajima   Japan   Brendan Hansen   United States   Jim Piper   Australia

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Simon Cowley of Australia.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Roman Sloudnov (RUS)	59.94	Fukuoka, Japan	July 24, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kurt Grote (USA)	1:01.22	Fukuoka, Japan	August 12, 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 24.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	1:01.07	Q, CR
2	1	4	Brendan Hansen	United States	1:01.63	Q
3	2	6	David Denniston	United States	1:02.11	Q
4	2	4	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.19	Q
5	3	5	Jim Piper	Australia	1:02.35	Q
6	2	5	Jarrod Marrs	United States	1:02.51	Q
7	3	3	Mark Gangloff	United States	1:02.52	Q
8	2	3	Mike Brown	Canada	1:02.69	Q
9	3	6	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.89	Q
10	3	2	Chad Thomsen	Canada	1:02.94	Q
11	1	2	Henrique Barbosa	Brazil	1:03.04	Q
11	1	5	Yoshihisa Yamaguchi	Japan	1:03.04	Q
13	1	3	Justin Norris	Australia	1:03.32	Q
14	1	7	Wang Haibo	China	1:03.80	Q
15	1	6	John Stamhuis	Canada	1:03.88	Q
16	3	7	Daisuke Kimura	Japan	1:03.94	Q
17	2	2	Jiro Miki	Japan	1:03.99
18	2	7	Marcelo Tomazini	Brazil	1:04.17
19	3	1	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	1:05.26
20	2	8	Trent Steed	Australia	1:05.42
21	3	8	José Belarmino Souza	Brazil	1:05.55
22	2	1	Kieran Daly	New Zealand	1:05.81
23	1	8	Michael Andrew Scott	Hong Kong	1:06.43
-	1	1	Rafael Chua	Philippines	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	1:00.34	Q, CR
2	1	4	Brendan Hansen	United States	1:01.52	Q
3	2	3	Jim Piper	Australia	1:01.70	Q
4	2	6	Mark Gangloff	United States	1:01.93	Q
5	2	5	David Denniston	United States	1:01.96	Q
6	1	5	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.21	Q
7	1	6	Mike Brown	Canada	1:02.60	Q
8	2	2	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.76	Q
9	1	3	Jarrod Marrs	United States	1:02.88
10	2	1	Justin Norris	Australia	1:03.00
11	1	7	Yoshihisa Yamaguchi	Japan	1:03.05
12	1	2	Chad Thomsen	Canada	1:03.20
13	2	7	Henrique Barbosa	Brazil	1:03.26
14	1	8	Daisuke Kimura	Japan	1:03.34
15	2	8	John Stamhuis	Canada	1:03.69
16	1	1	Wang Haibo	China	1:03.72

Final

The final was held on August 25.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	-	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	1:00.36
	-	Brendan Hansen	United States	1:00.84
	-	Jim Piper	Australia	1:01.68
4	-	Mark Gangloff	United States	1:02.02
5	-	Mike Brown	Canada	1:02.21
6	-	Morgan Knabe	Canada	1:02.28
7	-	Regan Harrison	Australia	1:02.53
8	-	Yoshihisa Yamaguchi	Japan	1:02.93