2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

The men's 200 metre individual medley 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 Tom Wilkens of US.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.^[4]

Records

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

World record		1:58.16	Rome, Italy	September 11, 1994
Pan Pacific Championships record		2:00.11	Tokyo, Japan	August 20, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3			2:01.73	Q
2	4	4			2:01.88	Q
3	3	3			2:01.92	Q
4	3	4			2:02.18	Q
5	2	4			2:02.40	Q
6	3	2			2:02.82	Q
7	4	2			2:03.07	Q
8	4	5			2:03.38	Q
9	3	5			2:03.84	Q
10	2	7			2:04.18	Q
11	2	6			2:04.48	Q
12	2	3			2:04.88	Q
13	3	1			2:05.65	Q
14	2	2			2:06.48	Q
15	4	7			2:07.28	Q
16	4	6			2:07.62	Q
17	2	1			2:08.04
18	4	8			2:08.07
19	2	8			2:08.96
20	4	1			2:09.01
21	3	8			2:09.98
22	1	3			2:10.49
23	1	4			2:10.50
24	1	6			2:18.03
-	1	5			DNS
-	2	5			DNS
-	3	6			DNS
-	3	7			DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			1:59.83	Q, CR
2	2	3			2:01.35	Q
3	2	5			2:01.50	Q
4	2	4			2:01.52	Q
5	2	7			2:01.59	Q
6	1	3			2:01.84	Q
7	1	6			2:01.96	Q
8	1	5			2:02.07	Q
9	2	6			2:03.22
10	2	2			2:03.27
11	1	7			2:03.36
12	1	2			2:04.85
13	2	1			2:05.21
14	1	1			2:05.62
15	1	8			2:07.32
16	2	8			2:12.02

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:59.70	CR
	3			2:00.61
	6	Tom Wilkens		2:01.17
4	2	Brian Johns		2:01.25
5	5	Jiro Miki		2:01.67
6	7	Dean Kent		2:02.88
7	1	Justin Norris		2:03.03
8	8	Robert van der Zant		2:04.91

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific . Best Swimming . June 4, 2006 . February 22, 2014 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064046/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/2006/06/04/resultados-do-ltimo-pan-pacfico-em-yokohama-japo-4775/ . February 22, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
2. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4086.asp 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .