2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Yokohama International Swimming Pool
Dates	August 24, 2002 (heats & finals)
Competitors	20 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:40.84
Medalists
Jennifer Reilly   Australia   Martha Bowen   United States   Maiko Fujino   Japan

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool. The last champion was Joanne Malar of Canada.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

Records

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

World record	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	4:33.59	Sydney, Australia	September 16, 2000
Pan Pacific Championships record	Kristine Quance (USA)	4:39.25	Kobe, Japan	August 13, 1993

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.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	4:44.24	Q
2	3	4	Martha Bowen	United States	4:46.03	Q
3	2	3	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	4:46.38	Q
4	1	4	Madeleine Crippen	United States	4:49.15	Q
5	3	3	Maiko Fujino	Japan	4:49.20	Q
6	2	6	Emily Mason	United States	4:49.85	Q
7	1	3	Jessica Abbott	Australia	4:49.89	Q
8	3	5	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	4:50.06	Q
9	1	5	Andrea Cassidy	United States	4:50.06
10	3	6	Sawami Fujita	Japan	4:50.65
11	2	5	Ayane Sato	Japan	4:52.15
12	1	2	Dena Durand	Canada	4:53.27
13	1	7	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	4:53.50
14	1	6	Yvette Rodier	Australia	4:53.55
15	2	2	Kelly Doody	Canada	4:54.05
16	3	2	Helen Norfolk	New Zealand	4:56.51
17	2	7	Bárbara Jatobá	Brazil	4:58.20
18	3	1	Wing Suet Chan	Hong Kong	5:07.03
19	3	7	Carissa Thompson	New Zealand	5:07.72
20	2	1	U Nice Chan	Singapore	5:16.17

Final

The final was held on August 24.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	4:40.84
	5	Martha Bowen	United States	4:44.39
	2	Maiko Fujino	Japan	4:45.79
4	3	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	4:45.80
5	8	Sawami Fujita	Japan	4:48.40
6	1	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	4:49.95
7	6	Madeleine Crippen	United States	4:50.49
8	7	Jessica Abbott	Australia	4:51.59