2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 26–27 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Susie O'Neill of Australia.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:| World record | 2:05.78 | Berlin, Germany | August 4, 2002 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 2:06.53 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 1999 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on August 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Emily Mason | 2:10.37 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Petria Thomas | 2:10.86 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Jen Button | 2:11.05 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Mary Descenza | 2:11.25 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Yurie Yano | 2:12.22 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Margaret Hoelzer | 2:12.40 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Yuko Nakanishi | 2:12.55 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Dana Kirk | 2:12.68 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Liu Yin | 2:12.96 | Q | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Maki Mita | 2:13.42 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Felicity Galvez | 2:13.55 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Deglau | 2:14.17 | Q | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:14.71 | Q | |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Monique Ferreira | 2:14.77 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Sawami Fujita | 2:14.85 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Heidi Crawford | 2:16.54 | Q | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Madeleine Crippen | 2:17.13 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Mary Hill | 2:17.41 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 2:17.51 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Bárbara Jatobá | 2:17.65 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Cassidy | 2:18.43 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Jessica Abbott | 2:18.65 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Wing Suet Chan | 2:18.69 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Yvette Rodier | 2:18.79 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Dena Durand | 2:19.53 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Nathalie Bernard | 2:19.55 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Megan Allan | 2:21.04 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Rachel Coffee | 2:21.28 | ||
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Carissa Thompson | 2:22.92 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 7 | U Nice Chan | 2:23.77 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 26.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Emily Mason | 2:10.48 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Mary Descenza | 2:10.57 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Petria Thomas | 2:10.74 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Yurie Yano | 2:10.96 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Dana Kirk | 2:11.04 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Yuko Nakanishi | 2:11.15 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Margaret Hoelzer | 2:11.41 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Jen Button | 2:11.91 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Felicity Galvez | 2:12.06 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:12.54 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Liu Yin | 2:12.69 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Maki Mita | 2:12.93 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Sawami Fujita | 2:14.65 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Elizabeth Van Welie | 2:15.26 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Deglau | 2:16.01 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Heidi Crawford | 2:16.18 |
Final
The final was held on August 27.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Petria Thomas | 2:08.31 | |||
| 5 | Mary Descenza | 2:09.56 | |||
| 4 | Emily Mason | 2:10.59 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Felicity Galvez | 2:11.27 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Yuko Nakanishi | 2:11.97 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:12.45 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Jen Button | 2:12.64 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Yurie Yano | 2:14.10 |