The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:06.62Athens, GreeceAugust 25, 1991Pan Pacific Championships record2:10.79Edmonton, CanadaAugust 25, 1991

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 3 4 Margaret Hoelzer 2:12.55 Q 2 3 3 Tomoko Hagiwara 2:12.73 Q 3 1 5 Jennifer Fratesi 2:13.08 Q 4 2 4 Aya Terakawa 2:13.29 Q 5 1 5 Clementine Stoney 2:13.60 Q 6 2 4 Reiko Nakamura 2:13.67 Q 7 1 3 Elizabeth Warden 2:14.08 Q 8 3 5 Diana MacManus 2:14.25 Q 9 2 5 Toshie Abe 2:14.46 Q 10 2 6 Noriko Inada 2:14.85 Q 11 2 2 Hannah McLean 2:14.89 Q 12 3 2 Maureen Farrell 2:15.01 Q 13 3 6 Kelly Tucker 2:15.23 Q 14 1 2 Melissa Ingram 2:15.42 Q 15 1 6 Melissa Morgan 2:15.87 Q 16 2 1 Erin Gammel 2:16.42 Q 17 3 1 Amanda Gillespie 2:17.16 18 1 7 Melanie Bouchard 2:17.80 19 2 7 Kelly Stefanyshyn 2:17.82 20 3 7 Helen Norfolk 2:19.77 21 3 8 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai 2:20.21 22 1 1 Yvette Rodier 2:21.05 23 1 8 Frances Adcock 2:22.03 24 2 8 Carissa Thompson 2:30.44

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Tomoko Hagiwara 2:11.27 Q 2 2 5 Jennifer Fratesi 2:11.96 Q 3 2 4 Margaret Hoelzer 2:12.20 Q 4 1 5 Aya Terakawa 2:12.68 Q 5 1 3 Reiko Nakamura 2:12.93 Q 6 1 6 Diana MacManus 2:13.19 Q 7 2 2 Toshie Abe 2:13.55 Q 8 2 3 Clementine Stoney 2:14.03 Q 9 2 6 Elizabeth Warden 2:14.19 10 1 2 Hannah McLean 2:14.39 11 1 1 Melissa Morgan 2:14.45 12 2 7 Maureen Farrell 2:14.58 13 1 7 Kelly Tucker 2:15.50 14 2 1 Melissa Ingram 2:16.00 15 2 8 Amanda Gillespie 2:16.88 16 1 8 Melanie Bouchard 2:18.45

Final The final was held on August 29. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Margaret Hoelzer 2:11.00 3 Aya Terakawa 2:12.28 4 Jennifer Fratesi 2:12.71 4 6 Diana MacManus 2:14.01 5 7 Elizabeth Warden 2:14.15 6 2 Clementine Stoney 2:14.37 7 1 Hannah McLean 2:14.74 8 8 Melissa Morgan 2:16.36

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