2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Penelope Heyns of South Africa.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 2:22.99 | Hangzhou, China | April 13, 2001 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 2:23.64 | Sydney, Australia | August 27, 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 27.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Amanda Beard | 2:28.92 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Leisel Jones | 2:29.83 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Tara Kirk | 2:30.89 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Kristy Kowal | 2:30.92 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Junko Isoda | 2:31.72 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Brooke Hanson | 2:32.22 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Fumiko Kawanabe | 2:32.32 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Megan Quann | 2:32.45 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Corrie Clark | 2:32.47 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Rhiannon Leier | 2:33.59 | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Kelli Waite | 2:33.59 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | Luo Xuejuan | 2:33.98 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Christin Petelski | 2:34.15 | Q | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Blackburn | 2:34.95 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Jane Copland | 2:36.38 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Dena Durand | 2:38.17 | Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:38.31 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Tamara Wagner | 2:38.52 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Kristy Cameron | 2:39.34 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Wei Min Teo | 2:39.82 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Hiu Nam Joyce Wong | 2:40.76 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Tse May Heng | 2:42.60 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Ka Lei Liu | 2:43.19 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Sin Wing Caroline Chiu | 2:49.60 | ||
| - | 2 | 2 | Jenny Guerrero | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 8 | Andrea Cassidy | DNS | ||
| - | 3 | 7 | Jessica Abbott | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 27.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Leisel Jones | 2:26.86 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Kristy Kowal | 2:27.34 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Amanda Beard | 2:27.44 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Junko Isoda | 2:29.36 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Brooke Hanson | 2:29.60 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Tara Kirk | 2:29.85 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Fumiko Kawanabe | 2:30.16 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Luo Xuejuan | 2:31.09 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Kelli Waite | 2:31.61 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Megan Quann | 2:31.82 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Rhiannon Leier | 2:32.28 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Lisa Blackburn | 2:34.57 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Christin Petelski | 2:35.69 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Dena Durand | 2:36.35 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Jane Copland | 2:36.40 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:37.99 |
Final
The final was held on August 28.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Amanda Beard | 2:26.31 | |||
| 4 | Leisel Jones | 2:26.42 | |||
| 5 | Kristy Kowal | 2:27.59 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Luo Xuejuan | 2:28.23 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Junko Isoda | 2:29.30 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Fumiko Kawanabe | 2:30.80 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Brooke Hanson | 2:31.22 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Rhiannon Leier | 2:32.64 |