2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 28, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 29, 2002 (final)
Competitors	24 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:11.00
Medalists
Margaret Hoelzer   United States   Aya Terakawa   Japan   Jennifer Fratesi   Canada

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan.

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	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:06.62	Athens, Greece	August 25, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:10.79	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 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:12.55	Q
2	3	3	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:12.73	Q
3	1	5	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:13.08	Q
4	2	4	Aya Terakawa	Japan	2:13.29	Q
5	1	5	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:13.60	Q
6	2	4	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	2:13.67	Q
7	1	3	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:14.08	Q
8	3	5	Diana MacManus	United States	2:14.25	Q
9	2	5	Toshie Abe	Japan	2:14.46	Q
10	2	6	Noriko Inada	Japan	2:14.85	Q
11	2	2	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:14.89	Q
12	3	2	Maureen Farrell	United States	2:15.01	Q
13	3	6	Kelly Tucker	Australia	2:15.23	Q
14	1	2	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:15.42	Q
15	1	6	Melissa Morgan	Australia	2:15.87	Q
16	2	1	Erin Gammel	Canada	2:16.42	Q
17	3	1	Amanda Gillespie	Canada	2:17.16
18	1	7	Melanie Bouchard	Canada	2:17.80
19	2	7	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	2:17.82
20	3	7	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	2:19.77
21	3	8	Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai	Hong Kong	2:20.21
22	1	1	Yvette Rodier	Australia	2:21.05
23	1	8	Frances Adcock	Australia	2:22.03
24	2	8	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:30.44

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Tomoko Hagiwara	Japan	2:11.27	Q
2	2	5	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:11.96	Q
3	2	4	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:12.20	Q
4	1	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	2:12.68	Q
5	1	3	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	2:12.93	Q
6	1	6	Diana MacManus	United States	2:13.19	Q
7	2	2	Toshie Abe	Japan	2:13.55	Q
8	2	3	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:14.03	Q
9	2	6	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:14.19
10	1	2	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:14.39
11	1	1	Melissa Morgan	Australia	2:14.45
12	2	7	Maureen Farrell	United States	2:14.58
13	1	7	Kelly Tucker	Australia	2:15.50
14	2	1	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:16.00
15	2	8	Amanda Gillespie	Canada	2:16.88
16	1	8	Melanie Bouchard	Canada	2:18.45

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:11.00
	3	Aya Terakawa	Japan	2:12.28
	4	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:12.71
4	6	Diana MacManus	United States	2:14.01
5	7	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:14.15
6	2	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:14.37
7	1	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:14.74
8	8	Melissa Morgan	Australia	2:16.36