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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 28, 2002 (heats & semifinals) August 29, 2002 (final)
Competitors	38 from 9 nations
Winning time	53.99
Medalists
Natalie Coughlin    United States   Jodie Henry    Australia   Jenny Thompson    United States
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2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The women's 100 metre freestyle 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 Jenny Thompson of US.^[3]

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

Records[]

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

World record	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	53.77	Sydney, Australia	September 20, 2000
Pan Pacific Championships record	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.82	Fukuoka, Japan	August 11, 1997

Results[]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats[]

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Natalie Coughlin		54.94	Q
2	6	3	Gabrielle Rose		55.15	Q
3	6	5	Jenny Thompson		55.25	Q
4	5	4	Lindsay Benko		55.52	Q
5	4	5	Rhiannon Jeffrey		55.71	Q
6	4	4	Sarah Ryan		55.73	Q
7	5	5	Jodie Henry		55.97	Q
8	4	6	Tomoko Nagai		55.98	Q
9	4	7	Alison Fitch		55.99	Q
10	5	6	Courtney Shealy		56.08	Q
11	5	1	Rebecca Creedy		56.37	Q
12	5	3	Alice Mills		56.64	Q
13	4	3	Laura Nicholls		56.72	Q
14	4	1			56.74	Q
15	6	7			56.78	Q
16	5	7			56.89	Q
17	6	8	Haley Cope		56.93
18	6	1	Maki Mita		57.05
19	6	6	Tammie Stone		57.11
20	3	8	Audrey Lacroix		57.33
21	5	2	Joscelin Yeo		57.66
22	5	8	Zhou Yafei		57.67
23	3	4	Elizabeth Collins		57.69
24	2	6	Mary Descenza		57.86
25	3	2	Sarah Jackson		57.93
26	3	7	Felicity Galvez		58.03
27	2	2	Mariana Brochado		58.24
28	2	3	Mary Hill		58.28
29	2	5	Frances Adcock		58.29
30	1	4	Dana Kirk		58.44
31	6	2	Elka Graham		58.57
32	3	1	Maiko Fujino		59.15
33	2	8	Jennifer Ng		59.57
34	1	5			59.91
35	1	3	Nathalie Bernard		1:00.15
36	2	7			1:00.17
37	2	1			1:00.20
38	2	4	Rebecca Linton		1:00.21
-	3	3	Jen Button		DNS
-	3	5	Toni Jeffs		DNS
-	3	6	Rebeca Gusmão		DNS
-	4	2	Giaan Rooney		DNS
-	4	8	Jessica Deglau		DNS

Semifinals[]

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Natalie Coughlin		54.72	Q, CR
2	2	5	Jenny Thompson		55.05	Q
3	1	5	Lindsay Benko		55.36	Q
4	1	3	Jodie Henry		55.47	Q
5	1	4	Gabrielle Rose		55.51	Q
6	2	3	Sarah Ryan		55.58	Q
7	2	6	Tomoko Nagai		55.69	Q
8	1	6	Alison Fitch		56.34	Q
9	2	2	Rebecca Creedy		56.38
10	2	7			56.51
11	1	2	Laura Nicholls		56.70
12	2	1			56.72
13	2	8	Audrey Lacroix		57.00
14	1	7			57.05
15	1	1	Maki Mita		57.59
16	1	8	Zhou Yafei		58.36

Final[]

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Natalie Coughlin		53.99	CR, NR
	3	Jodie Henry		54.55	NR
	5	Jenny Thompson		54.75
4	2	Tomoko Nagai		55.64
5	6	Sarah Ryan		55.78
6	8	Laura Nicholls		56.41
7	1			56.56
8	7	Alison Fitch		56.91

References[]