2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Tom Wilkens of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 2:00.11 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |
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 28.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Tom Wilkens | 2:01.73 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 2:01.88 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Takahiro Mori | 2:01.92 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Kevin Clements | 2:02.18 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Jiro Miki | 2:02.40 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Eric Donnelly | 2:02.82 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Dean Kent | 2:03.07 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Brian Johns | 2:03.38 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Justin Norris | 2:03.84 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Diogo Yabe | 2:04.18 | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Shinya Taniguchi | 2:04.48 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | 2:04.88 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Trent Steed | 2:05.65 | Q | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Chad Murray | 2:06.48 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Mark Gangloff | 2:07.28 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Jin Hao | 2:07.62 | Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Carlos Sayao | 2:08.04 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Rafael Gonçalves | 2:08.07 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Lucas Salatta | 2:08.96 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | 2:09.01 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | José Belarmino Souza | 2:09.98 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 3 | Henrique Barbosa | 2:10.49 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Kléber Ihara | 2:10.50 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Seung Gin Lee | 2:18.03 | ||
| - | 1 | 5 | Rafael Chua | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 5 | Nate Dusing | DNS | ||
| - | 3 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima | DNS | ||
| - | 3 | 7 | Keith Beavers | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 28.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:59.83 | Q, CR | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Jiro Miki | 2:01.35 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Takahiro Mori | 2:01.50 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Tom Wilkens | 2:01.52 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Shinya Taniguchi | 2:01.59 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Eric Donnelly | 2:01.84 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Brian Johns | 2:01.96 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Kevin Clements | 2:02.07 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Dean Kent | 2:03.22 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Justin Norris | 2:03.27 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Robert van der Zant | 2:03.36 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Diogo Yabe | 2:04.85 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Trent Steed | 2:05.21 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Chad Murray | 2:05.62 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Carlos Sayao | 2:07.32 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Jin Hao | 2:12.02 |
Final
The final was held on August 29.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Phelps | 1:59.70 | CR | ||
| 3 | Takahiro Mori | 2:00.61 | |||
| 6 | Tom Wilkens | 2:01.17 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Brian Johns | 2:01.25 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Jiro Miki | 2:01.67 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Dean Kent | 2:02.88 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Justin Norris | 2:03.03 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Robert van der Zant | 2:04.91 |