Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metres freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 31 July-1 August. The heats and the semi were held on 31 July, the final on 1 August.

Women's 100 metres freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates1–2 August 2002
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning time55.45
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    England
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;

World record   Inge de Bruijn (NED) 53.77 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
Commonwealth record
Games record   Sue Rolph (ENG) 55.17 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 September 1998

Results

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Heats

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The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Jodie Henry   Australia 55.79 Q
2 4 5 Alison Sheppard   Scotland 56.04 Q
3 5 3 Karen Legg   England 56.22 Q
4 5 4 Sarah Ryan   Australia 56.36 Q
5 4 3 Helene Muller   South Africa 56.43 Q
6 3 5 Petria Thomas   Australia 56.64 Q
7 3 4 Melanie Marshall   England 56.65 Q
8 5 5 Karen Pickering   England 56.74 Q
9 3 3 Laura Nicholls   Canada 56.86 Q
10 3 7 Caroline Pickering   Fiji 56.94 Q
11 3 2 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 57.30 Q
12 5 6 Mandy Leach   Zimbabwe 57.36 Q
13 4 6 Catrin Davies   Wales 57.49 Q
14 5 7 Laura Pomeroy   Canada 57.51 Q
15 4 7 Toni Jeffs   New Zealand 57.72 Q
16 5 2 Julie Douglas   Northern Ireland 57.84 Q
17 3 6 Leah Martindale   Barbados 57.88
18 4 2 Jenna Gresdal   Canada 57.97
19 3 1 Angela Chuck   Jamaica 58.44
20 4 1 Mackenzie Howe   Wales 58.62
21 5 1 Julia Martin   Wales 59.10
22 2 4 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 59.58
23 2 5 Linda McEachrane   Trinidad and Tobago 59.60
24 4 8 Nikia Deveaux   Bahamas 1:00.79
25 5 8 Sharntelle McLean   Trinidad and Tobago 1:00.99
26 2 6 Emily Crookall-Nixon   Isle of Man 1:01.10
27 2 2 Gail Strobridge   Guernsey 1:01.71
28 2 3 Elaine Reyes   Gibraltar 1:02.31
29 3 8 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 1:03.50
30 2 7 Nathalie Lee Baw   Mauritius 1:04.23
31 2 1 Keren Lee Visser   Malawi 1:05.14
32 1 4 Ursula Kuenzli   Zambia 1:07.32
33 1 3 Sana Abdul Wahid   Pakistan 1:10.34
34 1 5 Olivia Aya Nakitanda   Uganda 1:11.03

Semifinals

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The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]

Rank Semi-final Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Jodie Henry   Australia 55.43 Q
2 2 5 Karen Legg   England 55.94 Q
3 2 3 Helene Muller   South Africa 56.05 Q
4 1 5 Sarah Ryan   Australia 56.07 Q
5 1 6 Karen Pickering   England 56.10 Q
5 1 4 Alison Sheppard   Scotland 56.10 Q
7 2 6 Melanie Marshall   England 56.27 Q
8 1 3 Petria Thomas   Australia 56.45 Q
9 2 2 Laura Nicholls   Canada 56.46
10 1 7 Mandy Leach   Zimbabwe 56.89
11 2 7 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 57.13
12 1 1 Laura Pomeroy   Canada 57.48
13 2 1 Catrin Davies   Wales 57.59
14 1 8 Julie Douglas   Northern Ireland 57.96
15 1 2 Caroline Pickering   Fiji 58.11
16 2 8 Toni Jeffs   New Zealand 58.27

Final

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The final was held on 1 August at 19:06.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jodie Henry   Australia 55.45
  3 Helene Muller   South Africa 55.60
  5 Karen Legg   England 55.86
4 2 Karen Pickering   England 55.95
5 8 Petria Thomas   Australia 55.99
6 7 Alison Sheppard   Scotland 56.05
7 1 Melanie Marshall   England 56.19
8 6 Sarah Ryan   Australia 56.20

References

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  1. ^ "Heats Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Final Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.