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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Penelope Heyns of South Africa.[3]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 27, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 2002 (final)
Competitors	24 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:26.31
Medalists
Amanda Beard    United States   Leisel Jones    Australia   Kristy Kowal    United States

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[4]

Records

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

World record	Qi Hui (CHN)	2:22.99	Hangzhou, China	April 13, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	2:23.64	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.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Amanda Beard	United States	2:28.92	Q
2	2	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:29.83	Q
3	3	3	Tara Kirk	United States	2:30.89	Q
4	4	5	Kristy Kowal	United States	2:30.92	Q
5	2	5	Junko Isoda	Japan	2:31.72	Q
6	4	6	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2:32.22	Q
7	3	5	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	2:32.32	Q
8	4	3	Megan Quann	United States	2:32.45	Q
9	4	2	Corrie Clark	United States	2:32.47	Q
10	2	6	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	2:33.59	Q
11	2	3	Kelli Waite	Australia	2:33.59	Q
12	4	4	Luo Xuejuan	China	2:33.98	Q
13	3	6	Christin Petelski	Canada	2:34.15	Q
14	2	7	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	2:34.95	Q
15	3	2	Jane Copland	New Zealand	2:36.38	Q
16	4	1	Dena Durand	Canada	2:38.17	Q
17	4	8	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:38.31
18	3	1	Tamara Wagner	Canada	2:38.52
19	2	1	Kristy Cameron	Canada	2:39.34
20	4	7	Wei Min Teo	Singapore	2:39.82
21	3	8	Hiu Nam Joyce Wong	Hong Kong	2:40.76
22	1	4	Tse May Heng	Singapore	2:42.60
23	1	5	Ka Lei Liu	Hong Kong	2:43.19
24	1	3	Sin Wing Caroline Chiu	Hong Kong	2:49.60
-	2	2	Jenny Guerrero	Philippines	DNS
-	2	8	Andrea Cassidy	United States	DNS
-	3	7	Jessica Abbott	Australia	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:26.86	Q
2	1	5	Kristy Kowal	United States	2:27.34	Q
3	2	4	Amanda Beard	United States	2:27.44	Q
4	2	3	Junko Isoda	Japan	2:29.36	Q
5	1	3	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2:29.60	Q
6	2	5	Tara Kirk	United States	2:29.85	Q
7	2	6	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	2:30.16	Q
8	2	7	Luo Xuejuan	China	2:31.09	Q
9	1	2	Kelli Waite	Australia	2:31.61
10	1	6	Megan Quann	United States	2:31.82
11	2	2	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	2:32.28
12	2	1	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	2:34.57
13	1	7	Christin Petelski	Canada	2:35.69
14	2	8	Dena Durand	Canada	2:36.35
15	1	1	Jane Copland	New Zealand	2:36.40
16	1	8	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:37.99

Final

The final was held on August 28.[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Amanda Beard	United States	2:26.31
	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:26.42
	5	Kristy Kowal	United States	2:27.59
4	1	Luo Xuejuan	China	2:28.23
5	6	Junko Isoda	Japan	2:29.30
6	7	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	2:30.80
7	2	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2:31.22
8	8	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	2:32.64

References

1. "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
2. 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.