2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

2002 Pan Pacific: Yokohama, Japan
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueYokohama International Swimming Pool
DatesAugust 24, 2002 (heats &
finals)
Winning time3:39.78
Medalists
gold medal Jodie Henry, Alice Mills, Petria Thomas and Sarah Ryan   Australia
silver medal Lindsay Benko, Natalie Coughlin, Rhi Jeffrey and Jenny Thompson   United States
bronze medal Tomoko Hagiwara, Tomoko Nagai, Norie Urabe and Kaori Yamada   Japan
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool.[1][2] The last champion was the United States.[3]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[4]

Records

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

World record  Germany (GER)
Katrin Meissner (54.82)
Petra Dallmann (53.95)
Sandra Völker (53.59)
Franziska van Almsick (53.64) 		3:36.00 Berlin, Germany July 29, 2002
Pan Pacific Championships record  United States (USA)
Amy Van Dyken (55.76)
Angel Martino (55.58)
Melanie Valerio (55.55)
Jenny Thompson (54.70) 		3:41.59 Atlanta, United States August 12, 1995

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

Heats weren't performed, as only eight teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 24.[1]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Jodie Henry (54.94)
Alice Mills (55.15)
Petria Thomas (55.35)
Sarah Ryan (54.34)		  Australia 3:39.78 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Lindsay Benko (55.35)
Natalie Coughlin (54.69)
Rhi Jeffrey (55.34)
Jenny Thompson (54.85)		  United States 3:40.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tomoko Hagiwara (54.97)
Tomoko Nagai (55.10)
Norie Urabe (56.28)
Kaori Yamada (55.88)
 Japan 3:42.23
4 6 Laura Nicholls (56.77)
Elizabeth Collins (56.97)
Jen Button (56.32)
Jessica Deglau (57.12)		  Canada 3:47.18
5 2 Toni Jeffs (59.21)
Hannah McLean (57.45)
Sarah Jackson (57.76)
Alison Fitch (55.33)		  New Zealand 3:49.75
6 7 Denise Oliveira (59.13)
Monique Ferreira (57.69)
Rebeca Gusmão (59.45)
Mariana Brochado (57.54)		  Brazil 3:53.81
7 1 Jennifer Ng (59.17)
Hing Ting Tang (59.28)
Shuk Mui Pang (59.46)
Sherry Tsai (57.79)		  Hong Kong 3:55.70
8 8 Joscelin Yeo (57.65)
Wei Min Teo (59.46)
Tse May Heng (1:01.97)
U Nice Chan (59.85)		  Singapore 3:58.93

References

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 2002 Pan Pacific". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). June 4, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.