2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Brendon Dedekind of South Africa.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 21.64 | Moscow, Russia | June 16, 2000 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 22.06 | Sydney, Australia | August 28, 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 25.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Anthony Ervin | 22.43 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jason Lezak | 22.80 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Brett Hawke | 22.93 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ashley Callus | 23.02 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Issei Nakanishi | 23.02 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Renato Gueraldi | 23.08 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Aaron Ciarla | 23.12 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Thomas Hannan | 23.14 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Adam Pine | 23.20 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Yannick Lupien | 23.25 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Naoki Nagura | 23.31 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Nicholas Santos | 23.35 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Richard Bera | 23.45 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Kohei Kawamoto | 23.50 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Guilherme Roth | 23.55 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Brent Hayden | 23.62 | Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Mark Herring | 23.68 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 3 | Ravil Nachaev | 23.72 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | André Cordeiro | 23.79 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Carl Probert | 23.92 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Geoff Huegill | 23.94 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Tan Lee Yu Gary | 24.22 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Jun Mark Chay Jung | 24.59 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Wing Harbeth Fu | 24.67 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Kenneth Kin Lun Doo | 24.84 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Kwok Kei Wong | 25.92 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Dean Palacios | 26.19 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Kin Duenas | 26.67 | ||
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Seung Gin Lee | 26.98 | ||
| - | 4 | 2 | Todd Pearson | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 25.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jason Lezak | 22.18 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Brett Hawke | 22.43 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Anthony Ervin | 22.48 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Ashley Callus | 22.64 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Aaron Ciarla | 22.84 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Hannan | 22.86 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Adam Pine | 22.98 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Renato Gueraldi | 23.05 | ? | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Issei Nakanishi | 23.05 | ? | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Yannick Lupien | 23.15 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Naoki Nagura | 23.18 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Nicholas Santos | 23.22 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Richard Bera | 23.43 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Guilherme Roth | 23.50 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | André Cordeiro | 23.69 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Mark Herring | 23.74 |
Final
The final was held on August 26.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Jason Lezak | 22.22 | |||
| 3 | Anthony Ervin | 22.28 | |||
| 5 | Brett Hawke | 22.40 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Ashley Callus | 22.56 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Yannick Lupien | 22.81 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Issei Nakanishi | 23.00 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Renato Gueraldi | 23.05 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Nagura | 23.29 |