Women's 100 metres freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 1–2 August 2002 | |||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 55.45 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
50 m EAD | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m EAD | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
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 |
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.
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 |
The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. [1]
The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final. [2]
Rank | Semi-final | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
The final was held on 1 August at 19:06. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 | |
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