The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Penelope Heyns of South Africa.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record2:22.99Hangzhou, ChinaApril 13, 2001Pan Pacific Championships record2:23.64Sydney, 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 Amanda Beard 2:28.92 Q 2 2 4 Leisel Jones 2:29.83 Q 3 3 3 Tara Kirk 2:30.89 Q 4 4 5 Kristy Kowal 2:30.92 Q 5 2 5 Junko Isoda 2:31.72 Q 6 4 6 Brooke Hanson 2:32.22 Q 7 3 5 Fumiko Kawanabe 2:32.32 Q 8 4 3 Megan Quann 2:32.45 Q 9 4 2 Corrie Clark 2:32.47 Q 10 2 6 Rhiannon Leier 2:33.59 Q 11 2 3 Kelli Waite 2:33.59 Q 12 4 4 Luo Xuejuan 2:33.98 Q 13 3 6 Christin Petelski 2:34.15 Q 14 2 7 Lisa Blackburn 2:34.95 Q 15 3 2 Jane Copland 2:36.38 Q 16 4 1 Dena Durand 2:38.17 Q 17 4 8 Joanna Maranhão 2:38.31 18 3 1 Tamara Wagner 2:38.52 19 2 1 Kristy Cameron 2:39.34 20 4 7 Wei Min Teo 2:39.82 21 3 8 Hiu Nam Joyce Wong 2:40.76 22 1 4 Tse May Heng 2:42.60 23 1 5 Ka Lei Liu 2:43.19 24 1 3 Sin Wing Caroline Chiu 2:49.60 - 2 2 Jenny Guerrero DNS - 2 8 Andrea Cassidy DNS - 3 7 Jessica Abbott DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held on August 27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Leisel Jones 2:26.86 Q 2 1 5 Kristy Kowal 2:27.34 Q 3 2 4 Amanda Beard 2:27.44 Q 4 2 3 Junko Isoda 2:29.36 Q 5 1 3 Brooke Hanson 2:29.60 Q 6 2 5 Tara Kirk 2:29.85 Q 7 2 6 Fumiko Kawanabe 2:30.16 Q 8 2 7 Luo Xuejuan 2:31.09 Q 9 1 2 Kelli Waite 2:31.61 10 1 6 Megan Quann 2:31.82 11 2 2 Rhiannon Leier 2:32.28 12 2 1 Lisa Blackburn 2:34.57 13 1 7 Christin Petelski 2:35.69 14 2 8 Dena Durand 2:36.35 15 1 1 Jane Copland 2:36.40 16 1 8 Joanna Maranhão 2:37.99

Final The final was held on August 28. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Amanda Beard 2:26.31 4 Leisel Jones 2:26.42 5 Kristy Kowal 2:27.59 4 1 Luo Xuejuan 2:28.23 5 6 Junko Isoda 2:29.30 6 7 Fumiko Kawanabe 2:30.80 7 2 Brooke Hanson 2:31.22 8 8 Rhiannon Leier 2:32.64

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