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

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 26, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 27, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:08.31
Gold:	Petria Thomas
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Mary Descenza
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Emily Mason
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Susie O'Neill of Australia.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record		2:05.78	Berlin, Germany	August 4, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:06.53	Sydney, Australia	August 25, 1999

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			2:10.37	Q
2	2	4			2:10.86	Q
3	2	3			2:11.05	Q
4	4	5			2:11.25	Q
5	3	5			2:12.22	Q
6	3	2			2:12.40	Q
7	3	4			2:12.55	Q
8	4	3			2:12.68	Q
9	3	3			2:12.96	Q
10	4	4			2:13.42	Q
11	3	6			2:13.55	Q
12	4	6			2:14.17	Q
13	2	6			2:14.71	Q
14	1	4			2:14.77	Q
15	4	8			2:14.85	Q
16	4	7			2:16.54	Q
17	3	7			2:17.13
18	4	2			2:17.41
19	2	2			2:17.51
20	1	5			2:17.65
21	2	1			2:18.43
22	3	1			2:18.65
23	2	8			2:18.69
24	3	8			2:18.79
25	1	2			2:19.53
26	1	6			2:19.55
27	4	1			2:21.04
28	2	7			2:21.28
29	1	3			2:22.92
30	1	7			2:23.77

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:10.48	Q
2	1	5			2:10.57	Q
3	1	4			2:10.74	Q
4	2	3			2:10.96	Q
5	1	6			2:11.04	Q
6	2	6			2:11.15	Q
7	1	3			2:11.41	Q
8	2	5			2:11.91	Q
9	2	7			2:12.06
10	2	1			2:12.54
11	2	2			2:12.69
12	1	2			2:12.93
13	1	1			2:14.65
14	1	8			2:15.26
15	1	7			2:16.01
16	2	8			2:16.18

Final

The final was held on August 27.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			2:08.31
	5			2:09.56
	4	Emily Mason		2:10.59
4	1	Felicity Galvez		2:11.27
5	2	Yuko Nakanishi		2:11.97
6	8	Audrey Lacroix		2:12.45
7	7	Jen Button		2:12.64
8	6	Yurie Yano		2:14.10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . June 4, 2006 . March 2, 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 .
2. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4086.asp 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual