The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record53.77Sydney, AustraliaSeptember 20, 2000Pan Pacific Championships record54.82Fukuoka, JapanAugust 11, 1997

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on August 28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Natalie Coughlin 54.94 Q 2 6 3 Gabrielle Rose 55.15 Q 3 6 5 Jenny Thompson 55.25 Q 4 5 4 Lindsay Benko 55.52 Q 5 4 5 Rhiannon Jeffrey 55.71 Q 6 4 4 Sarah Ryan 55.73 Q 7 5 5 Jodie Henry 55.97 Q 8 4 6 Tomoko Nagai 55.98 Q 9 4 7 Alison Fitch 55.99 Q 10 5 6 Courtney Shealy 56.08 Q 11 5 1 Rebecca Creedy 56.37 Q 12 5 3 Alice Mills 56.64 Q 13 4 3 Laura Nicholls 56.72 Q 14 4 1 Kaori Yamada 56.74 Q 15 6 7 Cassie Hunt 56.78 Q 16 5 7 Norie Urabe 56.89 Q 17 6 8 Haley Cope 56.93 18 6 1 Maki Mita 57.05 19 6 6 Tammie Stone 57.11 20 3 8 Audrey Lacroix 57.33 21 5 2 Joscelin Yeo 57.66 22 5 8 Zhou Yafei 57.67 23 3 4 Elizabeth Collins 57.69 24 2 6 Mary Descenza 57.86 25 3 2 Sarah Jackson 57.93 26 3 7 Felicity Galvez 58.03 27 2 2 Mariana Brochado 58.24 28 2 3 Mary Hill 58.28 29 2 5 Frances Adcock 58.29 30 1 4 Dana Kirk 58.44 31 6 2 Elka Graham 58.57 32 3 1 Maiko Fujino 59.15 33 2 8 Jennifer Ng 59.57 34 1 5 Hing Ting Tang 59.91 35 1 3 Nathalie Bernard 1:00.15 36 2 7 Shuk Mui Pang 1:00.17 37 2 1 Wei Min Teo 1:00.20 38 2 4 Rebecca Linton 1:00.21 - 3 3 Jen Button DNS - 3 5 Toni Jeffs DNS - 3 6 Rebeca Gusmão DNS - 4 2 Giaan Rooney DNS - 4 8 Jessica Deglau DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Natalie Coughlin 54.72 Q, CR 2 2 5 Jenny Thompson 55.05 Q 3 1 5 Lindsay Benko 55.36 Q 4 1 3 Jodie Henry 55.47 Q 5 1 4 Gabrielle Rose 55.51 Q 6 2 3 Sarah Ryan 55.58 Q 7 2 6 Tomoko Nagai 55.69 Q 8 1 6 Alison Fitch 56.34 Q 9 2 2 Rebecca Creedy 56.38 10 2 7 Kaori Yamada 56.51 11 1 2 Laura Nicholls 56.70 12 2 1 Norie Urabe 56.72 13 2 8 Audrey Lacroix 57.00 14 1 7 Cassie Hunt 57.05 15 1 1 Maki Mita 57.59 16 1 8 Zhou Yafei 58.36

Final The final was held on August 29. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Natalie Coughlin 53.99 CR, AM 3 Jodie Henry 54.55 OC 5 Jenny Thompson 54.75 4 2 Tomoko Nagai 55.64 5 6 Sarah Ryan 55.78 6 8 Laura Nicholls 56.41 7 1 Kaori Yamada 56.56 8 7 Alison Fitch 56.91

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