2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was the United States.[3]

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 28, 2002 (heats & finals)
Winning time	7:56.96
Medalists
Natalie Coughlin, Mary Hill, Diana Munz and Lindsay Benko    United States   Petria Thomas, Elka Graham, Giaan Rooney and Alice Mills    Australia   Tomoko Nagai, Sachiko Yamada, Norie Urabe and Maki Mita    Japan

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[4]

Records

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

World record	East Germany (GDR) Manuela Stellmach (2:00.23) Astrid Strauss (1:58.90) Anke Möhring (1:58.73) Heike Friedrich (1:57.61)	7:55.47	Strasbourg, France	August 18, 1987
Pan Pacific Championships record	United States (USA) Lindsay Benko (1:58.86) Ellen Stonebraker (1:59.68) Jenny Thompson (2:00.02) Cristina Teuscher (1:59.05)	7:57.61	Sydney, Australia	August 26, 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

Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 28.[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Natalie Coughlin (1:58.21) Mary Hill (2:00.92) Diana Munz (1:59.58) Lindsay Benko (1:58.25)	United States	7:56.96	CR
	4	Petria Thomas (1:59.77) Elka Graham (1:59.14) Giaan Rooney (1:59.72) Alice Mills (2:00.62)	Australia	7:59.25
	5	Tomoko Nagai (2:01.60) Sachiko Yamada (2:00.46) Norie Urabe (2:01.85) Maki Mita (2:00.10)	Japan	8:04.01
4	3	Jessica Deglau (2:02.67) Audrey Lacroix (2:03.80) Jen Button (2:02.27) Elizabeth Collins (2:02.42)	Canada	8:11.16
5	7	Monique Ferreira (2:02.16) Mariana Brochado (2:03.08) Denise Oliveira (2:04.20) Nayara Ribeiro (2:06.36)	Brazil	8:15.80
6	2	Alison Fitch (2:01.86) Nathalie Bernard (2:05.25) Rebecca Linton (2:05.62) Helen Norfolk (2:04.66)	New Zealand	8:17.39
7	1	Chan Wing Suet (2:12.88) Shuk Mui Pang (2:11.06) Jennifer Ng (2:10.95) Sherry Tsai (2:08.21)	Hong Kong	8:43.10
-	-	-	Singapore	DNS

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 3, 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.