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
← 1999 2006 →

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