2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 25, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 26, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	13
Win Value:	22.22
Gold:	Jason Lezak
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Anthony Ervin
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Brett Hawke
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] The last champion was Brendon Dedekind of South Africa.^[4]

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.^[5]

Records

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

World record		21.64	Moscow, Russia	June 16, 2000
Pan Pacific Championships record		22.06	Sydney, Australia	August 28, 1999

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	22.43	Q
2	4	4	22.80	Q
3	4	5	22.93	Q
4	2	4	23.02	Q
4	4	6	23.02	Q
6	2	2	23.08	Q
7	3	5	23.12	Q
8	3	6	23.14	Q
9	2	6	23.20	Q
10	2	5	23.25	Q
11	3	2	23.31	Q
12	2	3	23.35	Q
13	3	3	23.45	Q
14	3	8	23.50	Q
15	2	7	23.55	Q
16	4	1	23.62	Q
17	2	1	23.68
18	4	3	23.72
19	4	7	23.79
20	4	8	23.92
21	3	7	23.94
22	2	8	24.22
23	1	4	24.59
24	3	1	24.67
25	1	5	24.84
26	1	3	25.92
27	1	2	26.19
28	1	6	26.67
29	1	7	26.98
-	4	2	DNS

The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	22.18	Q
2	2	5	22.43	Q
3	2	4	22.48	Q
4	1	5	22.64	Q
5	2	6	22.84	Q
6	1	6	22.86	Q
7	2	2	22.98	Q
8	1	3	23.05	?
8	2	3	23.05	?
10	1	2	23.15
11	2	7	23.18
12	1	7	23.22
13	2	1	23.43
14	1	1	23.50
15	1	8	23.69
16	2	8	23.74

The final was held on August 26.

Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . June 4, 2006 . February 8, 2014 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064046/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2006/06/04/resultados-do-ltimo-pan-pacfico-em-yokohama-japo-4775/ . February 22, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Results of the 50 metre freestyle finals in the 2002 Pan Pacific . Swimming World Magazine . August 26, 2002 . February 8, 2014.
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4086.asp 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .