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

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^[1][2] The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.^[3]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 25, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 26, 2002 (final)
Competitors	23 from 10 nations
Winning time	54.22
Medalists
Aaron Peirsol    United States   Randall Bal    United States   Tomomi Morita    Japan
← 1999 2006 →

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	53.60	Sydney, Australia	August 24, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	53.60	Sydney, Australia	August 24, 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 25.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Randall Bal	United States	54.53	Q
2	3	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	54.91	Q
3	1	5	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.54	Q
4	3	5	Peter Marshall	United States	55.59	Q
5	2	5	Tomomi Morita	Japan	55.78	Q
6	2	4	Matt Welsh	Australia	55.84	Q
7	2	3	Riley Janes	Canada	56.04	Q
8	1	3	Ethan Rolff	Australia	56.49	Q
9	2	6	Leigh McBean	Australia	56.54	Q
10	3	3	Raymond Hunt	United States	56.61	Q
11	1	2	Takashi Nakano	Japan	56.78	Q
12	3	7	Luke Wagner	United States	56.89	Q
13	2	2	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	56.94	Q
14	3	6	Yu Rui	China	57.02	Q
15	1	7	Cléber Costa	Brazil	57.40	Q
16	3	2	Gord Veldman	Canada	57.50	Q
17	2	7	Scott Talbot	New Zealand	57.56
18	3	1	Thiago Pinto	Brazil	57.58
19	1	6	Cameron Gibson	New Zealand	58.29
20	3	8	Ian Crocker	United States	58.94
21	1	1	Michael Galindo	Puerto Rico	59.12
22	2	1	Mun Yew Gerald Koh	Singapore	1:00.04
23	2	8	Seung Gin Lee	Northern Mariana Islands	1:07.43
-	1	8	Enkhmandakb Khurlee	Mongolia	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 25.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Randall Bal	United States	54.24	Q
2	1	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	54.31	Q
3	1	5	Peter Marshall	United States	55.02	Q
4	2	5	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.75	Q
5	2	6	Riley Janes	Canada	55.83	Q
6	2	3	Tomomi Morita	Japan	55.89	Q
7	2	2	Leigh McBean	Australia	56.02	Q
8	1	2	Raymond Hunt	United States	56.12	Q
9	2	1	Yu Rui	China	56.44
10	1	6	Ethan Rolff	Australia	56.46
11	2	7	Takashi Nakano	Japan	56.69
12	1	7	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	56.81
13	2	8	Gord Veldman	Canada	57.08
14	1	1	Cléber Costa	Brazil	57.13
15	1	8	Scott Talbot	New Zealand	57.40
-	1	3	Matt Welsh	Australia	DSQ

Final

The final was held on August 26.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Aaron Peirsol	United States	54.22
	4	Randall Bal	United States	54.45
	2	Tomomi Morita	Japan	55.29
4	3	Atsushi Nishikori	Japan	55.30
5	6	Riley Janes	Canada	55.63
6	7	Leigh McBean	Australia	55.71
7	8	Ethan Rolff	Australia	56.51
8	1	Yu Rui	China	56.55