The men's 100 metre backstroke 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 Lenny Krayzelburg of US.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record53.60Sydney, AustraliaAugust 24, 1999Pan Pacific Championships record53.60Sydney, AustraliaAugust 24, 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 1 4 Randall Bal 54.53 Q 2 3 4 Aaron Peirsol 54.91 Q 3 1 5 Atsushi Nishikori 55.54 Q 4 3 5 Peter Marshall 55.59 Q 5 2 5 Tomomi Morita 55.78 Q 6 2 4 Matt Welsh 55.84 Q 7 2 3 Riley Janes 56.04 Q 8 1 3 Ethan Rolff 56.49 Q 9 2 6 Leigh McBean 56.54 Q 10 3 3 Raymond Hunt 56.61 Q 11 1 2 Takashi Nakano 56.78 Q 12 3 7 Luke Wagner 56.89 Q 13 2 2 Naoya Sonoda 56.94 Q 14 3 6 Yu Rui 57.02 Q 15 1 7 Cléber Costa 57.40 Q 16 3 2 Gord Veldman 57.50 Q 17 2 7 Scott Talbot 57.56 18 3 1 Thiago Pinto 57.58 19 1 6 Cameron Gibson 58.29 20 3 8 Ian Crocker 58.94 21 1 1 Michael Galindo 59.12 22 2 1 Mun Yew Gerald Koh 1:00.04 23 2 8 Seung Gin Lee 1:07.43 - 1 8 Enkhmandakb Khurlee DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 25.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Randall Bal 54.24 Q 2 1 4 Aaron Peirsol 54.31 Q 3 1 5 Peter Marshall 55.02 Q 4 2 5 Atsushi Nishikori 55.75 Q 5 2 6 Riley Janes 55.83 Q 6 2 3 Tomomi Morita 55.89 Q 7 2 2 Leigh McBean 56.02 Q 8 1 2 Raymond Hunt 56.12 Q 9 2 1 Yu Rui 56.44 10 1 6 Ethan Rolff 56.46 11 2 7 Takashi Nakano 56.69 12 1 7 Naoya Sonoda 56.81 13 2 8 Gord Veldman 57.08 14 1 1 Cléber Costa 57.13 15 1 8 Scott Talbot 57.40 - 1 3 Matt Welsh DSQ

Final The final was held on August 26. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Aaron Peirsol 54.22 4 Randall Bal 54.45 2 Tomomi Morita 55.29 4 3 Atsushi Nishikori 55.30 5 6 Riley Janes 55.63 6 7 Leigh McBean 55.71 7 8 Ethan Rolff 56.51 8 1 Yu Rui 56.55

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