2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 24, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 25, 2002 (final)
Competitors	23 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:08.22
Medalists
Amanda Beard    United States   Tara Kirk    United States   Luo Xuejuan    China

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24–25 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was Penelope Heyns of South Africa.[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[4]

Records

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

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	August 23, 1999
Pan Pacific Championships record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	August 23, 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 24.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Tara Kirk	United States	1:08.13	Q
2	3	5	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.59	Q
3	2	5	Amanda Beard	United States	1:08.65	Q
4	3	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:09.18	Q
5	3	3	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.26	Q
6	4	2	Gabrielle Rose	United States	1:09.38	Q
7	2	4	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.59	Q
8	2	3	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.61	Q
9	4	3	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.93	Q
10	3	6	Corrie Clark	United States	1:09.99	Q
11	4	6	Junko Isoda	Japan	1:10.22	Q
12	4	4	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:10.61	Q
13	2	6	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:10.86	Q
14	2	2	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	1:10.88	Q
15	3	7	Kelli Waite	Australia	1:11.05	Q
16	4	7	Tamara Wagner	Canada	1:11.83	Q
17	3	2	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:12.39
18	2	1	Ka Lei Liu	Hong Kong	1:13.65
19	4	8	Kristy Cameron	Canada	1:13.75
20	2	7	Wei Min Teo	Singapore	1:13.84
21	3	1	Jane Copland	New Zealand	1:14.55
22	1	4	Hiu Nam Joyce Wong	Hong Kong	1:15.59
23	1	5	Sin Wing Caroline Chiu	Hong Kong	1:15.99
-	1	1	Jenny Guerrero	Philippines	DNS
-	3	3	Tse May Heng	Singapore	DQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 24.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	2	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:08.14	Q
2	1	5	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.39	Q
3	2	5	Amanda Beard	United States	1:08.42	Q
4	2	4	Tara Kirk	United States	1:08.74	Q
5	1	4	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:09.10	Q
6	1	6	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.27	Q
7	1	3	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.50	Q
8	2	3	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.58	Q
9	2	6	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.63
10	2	2	Junko Isoda	Japan	1:10.30
11	2	7	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:11.19
12	1	7	Lisa Blackburn	Canada	1:11.45
13	2	1	Kelli Waite	Australia	1:11.74
14	1	1	Tamara Wagner	Canada	1:12.11
15	2	8	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:12.12
16	1	8	Ka Lei Liu	Hong Kong	1:13.55

Final

The final was held on August 25.[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Amanda Beard	United States	1:08.22
	6	Tara Kirk	United States	1:08.66
	4	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:08.70
4	5	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.76
5	2	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.56
6	7	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.84
7	8	Fumiko Kawanabe	Japan	1:10.15
8	1	Junko Isoda	Japan	1:10.44

References

1. "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
2. 2002 Pan Pacific held in Yokohama International Swimming Pool
3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. Swimming technical manual Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine