2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 27, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 28, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	24
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:26.31
Gold:	Amanda Beard
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Leisel Jones
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Kristy Kowal
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

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]

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		2:22.99	Hangzhou, China	April 13, 2001
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:23.64	Sydney, Australia	August 27, 1999

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 27.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	2:28.92	Q
2	2	4	2:29.83	Q
3	3	3	2:30.89	Q
4	4	5	2:30.92	Q
5	2	5	2:31.72	Q
6	4	6	2:32.22	Q
7	3	5	2:32.32	Q
8	4	3	2:32.45	Q
9	4	2	2:32.47	Q
10	2	6	2:33.59	Q
11	2	3	2:33.59	Q
12	4	4	2:33.98	Q
13	3	6	2:34.15	Q
14	2	7	2:34.95	Q
15	3	2	2:36.38	Q
16	4	1	2:38.17	Q
17	4	8	2:38.31
18	3	1	2:38.52
19	2	1	2:39.34
20	4	7	2:39.82
21	3	8	2:40.76
22	1	4	2:42.60
23	1	5	2:43.19
24	1	3	2:49.60
-	2	2	DNS
-	2	8	DNS
-	3	7	DNS

The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	2:26.86	Q
2	1	5	2:27.34	Q
3	2	4	2:27.44	Q
4	2	3	2:29.36	Q
5	1	3	2:29.60	Q
6	2	5	2:29.85	Q
7	2	6	2:30.16	Q
8	2	7	2:31.09	Q
9	1	2	2:31.61
10	1	6	2:31.82
11	2	2	2:32.28
12	2	1	2:34.57
13	1	7	2:35.69
14	2	8	2:36.35
15	1	1	2:36.40
16	1	8	2:37.99

The final was held on August 28.

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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
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