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.2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool The last champion was Brendon Dedekind of South Africa.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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 record21.64Moscow, RussiaJune 16, 2000Pan Pacific Championships record22.06Sydney, AustraliaAugust 28, 1999

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal 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

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