2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25–26 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Joanne Malar of Canada.
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 | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | October 17, 1997 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 2:12.54 | Kobe, Japan | August 15, 1993 |
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 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:15.51 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Gabrielle Rose | 2:15.89 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Corrie Clark | 2:16.02 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Warden | 2:17.25 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Martha Bowen | 2:17.47 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Zhou Yafei | 2:17.48 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Alice Mills | 2:18.07 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Sawami Fujita | 2:18.23 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Kristy Cameron | 2:18.51 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Jessica Abbott | 2:18.71 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:18.96 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:20.25 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Kelly Doody | 2:20.31 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo | 2:20.33 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:20.35 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Andrea Cassidy | 2:20.40 | Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Yvette Rodier | 2:20.52 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Maiko Fujino | 2:20.59 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Ayane Sato | 2:20.93 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dena Durand | 2:21.24 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Helen Norfolk | 2:21.41 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 2:21.61 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Jane Copland | 2:25.15 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Carissa Thompson | 2:25.48 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Tse May Heng | 2:29.55 | ||
| - | 1 | 3 | Jenny Guerrero | DNS | ||
| - | 2 | 8 | Brooke Hanson | DNS | ||
| - | 3 | 1 | Amanda Beard | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 25.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:14.23 | Q | |
| 2 | Martha Bowen | 2:14.31 | Q | |
| 3 | Gabrielle Rose | 2:14.95 | Q | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Warden | 2:15.70 | Q | |
| 5 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:16.34 | Q | |
| 6 | Alice Mills | 2:16.36 | Q | |
| 7 | Corrie Clark | 2:17.53 | Q | |
| 8 | Zhou Yafei | 2:17.61 | Q | |
| 9 | Jessica Abbott | 2:17.63 | ||
| 10 | Kristy Cameron | 2:18.72 | ||
| 11 | Sawami Fujita | 2:18.96 | ||
| 12 | Kelly Doody | 2:20.07 | ||
| 13 | Yvette Rodier | 2:20.78 | ||
| 14 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:20.88 | ||
| 15 | Joanna Maranhão | 2:20.97 | ||
| 16 | Joscelin Yeo | 2:21.30 |
Final
The final was held on August 26.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | 2:13.42 | |||
| 3 | Gabrielle Rose | 2:13.93 | |||
| 5 | Maggie Bowen | 2:14.28 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Zhou Yafei | 2:16.23 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Alice Mills | 2:16.51 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Warden | 2:16.99 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Jennifer Reilly | 2:18.70 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Kristy Cameron | 2:18.72 |