2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 27, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 28, 2002 (final)
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:56.88
Medalists
Aaron Peirsol   United States   Matt Welsh   Australia   Keith Beavers   Canada

2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Yokohama, Japan
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Lenny Krayzelburg of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:55.15	Minneapolis, USA	March 20, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:55.87	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.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:59.40	Q
2	1	4	Takashi Nakano	Japan	2:00.26	Q
3	1	3	Keith Beavers	Canada	2:00.74	Q
4	3	3	Luke Wagner	United States	2:01.56	Q
5	1	5	Raymond Hunt	United States	2:01.93	Q
6	2	4	Matt Welsh	Australia	2:02.54	Q
7	2	5	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:02.76	Q
8	3	6	Scott Talbot	New Zealand	2:03.14	Q
9	1	6	Cameron Gibson	New Zealand	2:03.22	Q
10	2	3	Leigh McBean	Australia	2:03.87	Q
11	3	5	Yu Rui	China	2:04.60	Q
12	3	2	Carlos Sayao	Canada	2:04.81	Q
13	2	6	Ethan Rolff	Australia	2:05.35	Q
14	1	2	Tomomi Morita	Japan	2:05.90	Q
15	2	2	Anthony van der Kraay	New Zealand	2:06.32	Q
16	3	1	Thiago Pinto	Brazil	2:06.92	Q
17	1	7	Michael Galindo	Puerto Rico	2:07.36
18	2	7	Mun Yew Gerald Koh	Singapore	2:09.37
19	3	7	Gord Veldman	Canada	2:11.23
20	2	1	Seung Gin Lee	Northern Mariana Islands	2:24.37

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:56.49	Q
2	1	4	Takashi Nakano	Japan	1:59.87	Q
3	1	3	Matt Welsh	Australia	1:59.97	Q
4	1	2	Leigh McBean	Australia	2:00.12	Q
5	2	5	Keith Beavers	Canada	2:00.20	Q
6	2	3	Raymond Hunt	United States	2:00.74	Q
7	2	7	Yu Rui	China	2:01.53	Q
8	2	6	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:01.62	Q
9	3	3	Luke Wagner	United States	2:02.27
10	3	6	Scott Talbot	New Zealand	2:02.57
11	1	6	Cameron Gibson	New Zealand	2:02.61
12	2	1	Ethan Rolff	Australia	2:02.89
13	1	7	Carlos Sayao	Canada	2:04.02
14	1	1	Tomomi Morita	Japan	2:04.83
15	1	8	Thiago Pinto	Brazil	2:05.26
16	2	8	Anthony van der Kraay	New Zealand	2:06.32

Final

The final was held on August 28.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:56.88
	3	Matt Welsh	Australia	1:57.69
	2	Keith Beavers	Canada	1:59.35
4	5	Takashi Nakano	Japan	2:00.08
5	6	Leigh McBean	Australia	2:00.50
6	7	Raymond Hunt	United States	2:00.79
7	8	Naoya Sonoda	Japan	2:00.93
8	1	Yu Rui	China	2:01.56