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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 26, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 27, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	8
Win Value:	1:58.74
Gold:	Lindsay Benko
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Elka Graham
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Giaan Rooney
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 in freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		1:56.64	Berlin, Germany	August 3, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record		1:57.48	Fukuoka, Japan	August 10, 1997

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	2:00.72	Q
2	4	5	2:00.75	Q
3	2	4	2:01.04	Q
4	4	3	2:01.11	Q
5	2	2	2:01.35	Q
6	1	5	2:01.45	Q
7	3	5	2:01.60	Q
8	4	8	2:01.70	Q
9	3	4	2:01.84	Q
10	3	3	2:02.09	Q
10	3	6	2:02.09	Q
12	2	3	2:02.37	Q
13	3	2	2:02.42	Q
14	4	7	2:02.46	Q
15	2	6	2:02.60	Q
16	3	1	2:02.63	Q
17	4	6	2:02.71
18	2	8	2:03.34
19	4	2	2:03.63
20	1	3	2:04.78
21	2	1	2:04.99
22	3	7	2:05.19
23	2	7	2:05.73
24	3	8	2:06.08
25	1	6	2:06.51
26	1	4	2:07.32
27	1	2	2:09.56
28	1	1	2:12.14
-	1	7	DNS
-	2	5	DNS
-	4	1	DNS

The semifinals were held on August 26.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:00.66	Q
2	1	5	2:00.78	Q
3	2	5	2:00.85	Q
4	1	4	2:01.37	Q
4	2	6	2:01.37	Q
6	1	3	2:01.52	Q
7	2	8	2:01.55	Q
8	2	2	2:01.61	Q
9	2	1	2:01.73
10	2	3	2:01.92
11	1	2	2:02.04
12	1	6	2:02.20
13	1	8	2:02.54
14	1	1	2:02.58
15	2	7	2:03.27
16	1	7	2:03.53

The final was held on August 27.

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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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