The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 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 four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record1:55.15Minneapolis, United StatesMarch 20, 2002Pan Pacific Championships record1:55.87Sydney, AustraliaAugust 27, 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 27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Aaron Peirsol 1:59.40 Q 2 1 4 Takashi Nakano 2:00.26 Q 3 1 3 Keith Beavers 2:00.74 Q 4 3 3 Luke Wagner 2:01.56 Q 5 1 5 Raymond Hunt 2:01.93 Q 6 2 4 Matt Welsh 2:02.54 Q 7 2 5 Naoya Sonoda 2:02.76 Q 8 3 6 Scott Talbot 2:03.14 Q 9 1 6 Cameron Gibson 2:03.22 Q 10 2 3 Leigh McBean 2:03.87 Q 11 3 5 Yu Rui 2:04.60 Q 12 3 2 Carlos Sayao 2:04.81 Q 13 2 6 Ethan Rolff 2:05.35 Q 14 1 2 Tomomi Morita 2:05.90 Q 15 2 2 Anthony van der Kraay 2:06.32 Q 16 3 1 Thiago Pinto 2:06.92 Q 17 1 7 Michael Galindo 2:07.36 18 2 7 Mun Yew Gerald Koh 2:09.37 19 3 7 Gord Veldman 2:11.23 20 2 1 Seung Gin Lee 2:24.37

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Aaron Peirsol 1:56.49 Q 2 1 4 Takashi Nakano 1:59.87 Q 3 1 3 Matt Welsh 1:59.97 Q 4 1 2 Leigh McBean 2:00.12 Q 5 2 5 Keith Beavers 2:00.20 Q 6 2 3 Raymond Hunt 2:00.74 Q 7 2 7 Yu Rui 2:01.53 Q 8 2 6 Naoya Sonoda 2:01.62 Q 9 3 3 Luke Wagner 2:02.27 10 3 6 Scott Talbot 2:02.57 11 1 6 Cameron Gibson 2:02.61 12 2 1 Ethan Rolff 2:02.89 13 1 7 Carlos Sayao 2:04.02 14 1 1 Tomomi Morita 2:04.83 15 1 8 Thiago Pinto 2:05.26 16 2 8 Anthony van der Kraay 2:06.32

Final The final was held on August 28. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Aaron Peirsol 1:56.88 3 Matt Welsh 1:57.69 2 Keith Beavers 1:59.35 4 5 Takashi Nakano 2:00.08 5 6 Leigh McBean 2:00.50 6 7 Raymond Hunt 2:00.79 7 8 Naoya Sonoda 2:00.93 8 1 Yu Rui 2:01.56

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