2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tom Malchow of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:54.58 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 24, 2001 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 1:55.41 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 1999 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on August 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Tom Malchow | 1:57.09 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | 1:57.58 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Yu Kondo | 1:59.01 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:59.15 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:59.27 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | 2:00.53 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Kohei Kawamoto | 2:00.61 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Eric Donnelly | 2:00.75 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Pedro Monteiro | 2:00.75 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Andrew Livingston | 2:00.99 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Justin Norris | 2:01.24 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Heath Ramsay | 2:02.01 | Q | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Moss Burmester | 2:02.16 | Q | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Chad Murray | 2:02.53 | Q | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Trent Steed | 2:02.94 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Dean Kent | 2:03.13 | Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Mark Kwok Kin Ming | 2:04.98 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | 2:06.53 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Szeto Shui Ki | 2:07.39 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Kléber Ihara | 2:07.81 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Ng Cheng Xun | 2:11.88 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Dean Palacios | 2:18.63 | ||
| - | 3 | 2 | Brian Johns | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Michael Phelps | 1:56.15 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Tom Malchow | 1:56.19 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | 1:56.25 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:56.71 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Justin Norris | 1:58.77 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Kohei Kawamoto | 1:59.66 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | 1:59.87 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Yu Kondo | 2:00.06 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Pedro Monteiro | 2:00.07 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Eric Donnelly | 2:00.27 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Andrew Livingston | 2:01.37 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Moss Burmester | 2:02.30 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Trent Steed | 2:02.54 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Heath Ramsay | 2:02.57 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Chad Murray | 2:02.82 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Dean Kent | 2:03.18 |
Final
The final was held on August 27.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Tom Malchow | 1:55.21 | CR | ||
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:55.41 | |||
| 3 | Takashi Yamamoto | 1:55.57 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:56.64 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Justin Norris | 1:58.40 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Juan Pablo Valdivieso | 2:00.18 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Andrew Livingston | 2:00.41 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Pedro Monteiro | 2:00.64 |