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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 26, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 27, 2002 (final)
Competitors	30 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:08.31
Medalists
Petria Thomas   Australia   Mary Descenza   United States   Emily Mason   United States

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Susie O'Neill of Australia.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.

Records

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

World record	Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)	2:05.78	Berlin, Germany	August 4, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:06.53	Sydney, Australia	August 25, 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 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Emily Mason	United States	2:10.37	Q
2	2	4	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:10.86	Q
3	2	3	Jen Button	Canada	2:11.05	Q
4	4	5	Mary Descenza	United States	2:11.25	Q
5	3	5	Yurie Yano	Japan	2:12.22	Q
6	3	2	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:12.40	Q
7	3	4	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:12.55	Q
8	4	3	Dana Kirk	United States	2:12.68	Q
9	3	3	Liu Yin	China	2:12.96	Q
10	4	4	Maki Mita	Japan	2:13.42	Q
11	3	6	Felicity Galvez	Australia	2:13.55	Q
12	4	6	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:14.17	Q
13	2	6	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:14.71	Q
14	1	4	Monique Ferreira	Brazil	2:14.77	Q
15	4	8	Sawami Fujita	Japan	2:14.85	Q
16	4	7	Heidi Crawford	Australia	2:16.54	Q
17	3	7	Madeleine Crippen	United States	2:17.13
18	4	2	Mary Hill	United States	2:17.41
19	2	2	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:17.51
20	1	5	Bárbara Jatobá	Brazil	2:17.65
21	2	1	Andrea Cassidy	United States	2:18.43
22	3	1	Jessica Abbott	Australia	2:18.65
23	2	8	Wing Suet Chan	Hong Kong	2:18.69
24	3	8	Yvette Rodier	Australia	2:18.79
25	1	2	Dena Durand	Canada	2:19.53
26	1	6	Nathalie Bernard	New Zealand	2:19.55
27	4	1	Megan Allan	New Zealand	2:21.04
28	2	7	Rachel Coffee	Australia	2:21.28
29	1	3	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	2:22.92
30	1	7	U Nice Chan	Singapore	2:23.77

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Emily Mason	United States	2:10.48	Q
2	1	5	Mary Descenza	United States	2:10.57	Q
3	1	4	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:10.74	Q
4	2	3	Yurie Yano	Japan	2:10.96	Q
5	1	6	Dana Kirk	United States	2:11.04	Q
6	2	6	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:11.15	Q
7	1	3	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:11.41	Q
8	2	5	Jen Button	Canada	2:11.91	Q
9	2	7	Felicity Galvez	Australia	2:12.06
10	2	1	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:12.54
11	2	2	Liu Yin	China	2:12.69
12	1	2	Maki Mita	Japan	2:12.93
13	1	1	Sawami Fujita	Japan	2:14.65
14	1	8	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:15.26
15	1	7	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:16.01
16	2	8	Heidi Crawford	Australia	2:16.18

Final

The final was held on August 27.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:08.31
	5	Mary Descenza	United States	2:09.56
	4	Emily Mason	United States	2:10.59
4	1	Felicity Galvez	Australia	2:11.27
5	2	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	2:11.97
6	8	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:12.45
7	7	Jen Button	Canada	2:12.64
8	6	Yurie Yano	Japan	2:14.10