Hagiwara Blasts Japanese Record, Swims World’s Fastest 200 Backstroke of ’02

By Hideki Mochizuki and Takashi Ide

TOKYO, June 13. TOMOKO Hagiwara set a national record today at the Japanese National Championships and Trials for the Pan Pacs and Asian Games, being held at the Tatsami International Pool in Tokyo.

Hagiwara's 2:10.05 for the 200m backstroke is also the world's fastest time this year. Hagiwara was the class of a very fast field that saw Reiko Nakamura second in 2:11.24, as both Toshie Abe and Aya Terakawa swam 2:12s.

Takashi Yamamoto won, as expected, in the men's 100 meter fly, but he was pushed by Kohei Kawamoto. Yamamoto clocked 52.77 was Kawamoto swam a strong
53.25 for the silver.

Other fine swims were turned in by Sachiko Yamada in the women's 400m free (4:a11.84), Takashi Nakano in the men's 200m back (1:59.74); Kosuke Kitajima in the men's 50m breast (28.14); and Maki Mita and Yuko Nakanishi in the women's 100m fly (59.71 and 59.84).

Japan National Championships and
Pan Pacific and Asian Games Trials

Tatsumi International Pool
Tokyo, Japan

DAY ONE: June 12, 2002

RESULTS

Women's 400m Freestyle
1. Sachiko Yamada 4.11.84
2. Madoka Ochi 4.14.85
3. Yumi Kida 4.15.17
4. Ai Shibata 4.16.15
5. Norie Urabe 4.19.84
5. Kanae Iwai 4.19.84
7. Manami Yamamoto 4.21.49
8. Chiho Nozaki 4.22.90

Men's 400m Freestyle
1. Shunichi Fujita 3.51.53
2. Takeshi Matsuda 3.51.62
3. Yosuke Ichikawa 3.55.55
4. Daisuke Hosokawa 3.56.78
5. Satoshi Tsuchiya 3.56.96
6. Yuki Ihara 3.57.88
7. Kenji Takaya 3.59.40
8. Hisato Matsumoto 4.00.85

DAY TWO: June 13, 2002

Men's 50m Freestyle
1. Isssei Nakanishi 23.04
2. Tomohiro Yamanoi 23.09
3. Naoki Nakura 23.36
4. Katsuhiko Morita 23.42
5. Shunsuke Itoh 23.43
6. Hiroaki Akebe 23.64
7. Yu Hoshida 23.72
8. Akihiro Shimizu 23.74

Women's 50m Freestyle
1. Tomoko Nagai 25.89
2. Kaori Yamada 25.97
3. Sumika Minamoto 26.18
4. Erina Tsuji 26.63
5. Natsumi Mizuochi 26.69
6. Aomi Yamada 26.72
7. Mai Aoyagi 26.82
7. Yu Iwasaki 26.82

Men's 200m Backstroke
1. Takashi Nakano 1.59.74
2. Naoya Sonoda 2.00.78
3. Yoshiki Kanno 2.02.48
4. Junichi Miyashita 2.02.83
5. Kotatsu Okabe 2.02.95
6. Yuki Takeuchi 2.03.18
7. Toshifumi Takeuchi 2.03.66
8. Haruki Takeuchi 2.04.37

Women's 200 Backstroke
1. Tomoko Hagiwara 2.10.05 New Japanese Record
2. Reiko Nakamura 2.11.24
3. Toshie Abe 2.12.07
4. Aya Terakawa 2.12.49
5. Hanae Itoh 2.13.79
6. Arisa Murakawa 2.14.06
7. Noriko Inada 2.14.13
8. Misa Kamezaki 2.15.08

Men's 50m Breast
1. Kosuke Kitajima 28.14
2. Toshiki Saito 28.62
3. Yoshihisa Yamaguchi 28.90
4. Hideaki Togo 28.99
4. Satoru Tanaka 28.99
6. Hiromasa Sakimoto 29.01
7. Jiro Miki 29.16
8. Takehiko Mizuta 29.30

Women's 50m Breast
1. Ryoko Maruyama 32.50
2. Sanae Nawata 32.57
3. Nanaka Tamura 33.09
4. Sayaka Nakamura 33.12
5. Kazue Nakajima 33.17
6. Yoshimi Miwa 33.19
7. Mai Okada 33.38
8. Kae Tsushima 33.60

Men's 100m Butterfly
1. Takashi Yamamoto 52.77
2. Kohei Kawamoto 53.25
3. Ryo Takayasu 53.74
4. Tsuyoshi Takeda 54.35
5. Tomoaki Tasaka 54.40
6. Akio Kusano 54.67
7. Kentaro Usuda 54.68
8. Hidemasa Sano 57.51

Women 100m Butterfly Final
1. Maki Mita 59.71
2. Yuko Nakanishi 59.84
3. Kozue Watanabe 1.00.40
4. Ayako Doi 1.00.42
5. Yukiko Osada 1.01.27
6. Yurie Yano 1.01.43
7. Noriko Maekawa 1.01.78
8. Saori Haruguchi 1.01.80

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