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.^[1][2] The last champion was Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan.^[3]

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Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 28, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 29, 2002 (final)
Competitors	24 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:11.00
Medalists
Margaret Hoelzer    United States   Aya Terakawa    Japan   Jennifer Fratesi    Canada
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:06.62	Athens, Greece	August 25, 1991
Pan Pacific Championships record	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:10.79	Edmonton, Canada	August 25, 1991

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 28.^[1]

More information Rank, Heat ...

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

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Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.^[1]

More information Rank, Heat ...

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

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Final

The final was held on August 29.^[1]

More information Rank, Lane ...

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:11.00
	3	Aya Terakawa	Japan	2:12.28
	4	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:12.71
4	6	Diana MacManus	United States	2:14.01
5	7	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:14.15
6	2	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:14.37
7	1	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:14.74
8	8	Melissa Morgan	Australia	2:16.36

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