2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates:	August 28, 2002 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 29, 2002 (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	9
Win Value:	53.99
Gold:	Natalie Coughlin
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Jodie Henry
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Jenny Thompson
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1999
Next:	2006

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.^[1] ^[2] The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		53.77	Sydney, Australia	September 20, 2000
Pan Pacific Championships record		54.82	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 1997

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	54.94	Q
2	6	3	55.15	Q
3	6	5	55.25	Q
4	5	4	55.52	Q
5	4	5	55.71	Q
6	4	4	55.73	Q
7	5	5	55.97	Q
8	4	6	55.98	Q
9	4	7	55.99	Q
10	5	6	56.08	Q
11	5	1	56.37	Q
12	5	3	56.64	Q
13	4	3	56.72	Q
14	4	1	56.74	Q
15	6	7	56.78	Q
16	5	7	56.89	Q
17	6	8	56.93
18	6	1	57.05
19	6	6	57.11
20	3	8	57.33
21	5	2	57.66
22	5	8	57.67
23	3	4	57.69
24	2	6	57.86
25	3	2	57.93
26	3	7	58.03
27	2	2	58.24
28	2	3	58.28
29	2	5	58.29
30	1	4	58.44
31	6	2	58.57
32	3	1	59.15
33	2	8	59.57
34	1	5	59.91
35	1	3	1:00.15
36	2	7	1:00.17
37	2	1	1:00.20
38	2	4	1:00.21
-	3	3	DNS
-	3	5	DNS
-	3	6	DNS
-	4	2	DNS
-	4	8	DNS

The semifinals were held on August 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	54.72	Q, CR
2	2	5	55.05	Q
3	1	5	55.36	Q
4	1	3	55.47	Q
5	1	4	55.51	Q
6	2	3	55.58	Q
7	2	6	55.69	Q
8	1	6	56.34	Q
9	2	2	56.38
10	2	7	56.51
11	1	2	56.70
12	2	1	56.72
13	2	8	57.00
14	1	7	57.05
15	1	1	57.59
16	1	8	58.36

The final was held on August 29.

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		53.99	CR, AM
	3		54.55	OC
	5	Jenny Thompson	54.75
4	2	Tomoko Nagai	55.64
5	6	Sarah Ryan	55.78
6	8	Laura Nicholls	56.41
7	1	Kaori Yamada	56.56
8	7	Alison Fitch	56.91

Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . June 4, 2006 . February 27, 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 .
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
http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual