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

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Women's 100 metres freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates1–2 August 2002
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning time55.45
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  1998
2006  

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.

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Records

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

World record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)53.77 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
Commonwealth record '
Games record Flag of England.svg  Sue Rolph  (ENG)55.17 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 September 1998

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.79Q
245 Alison Sheppard Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 56.04Q
353 Karen Legg Flag of England.svg  England 56.22Q
454 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.36Q
543 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.43Q
635 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.64Q
734 Melanie Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 56.65Q
855 Karen Pickering Flag of England.svg  England 56.74Q
933 Laura Nicholls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.86Q
1037 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 56.94Q
1132 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.30Q
1256 Mandy Leach Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 57.36Q
1346 Catrin Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 57.49Q
1457 Laura Pomeroy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.51Q
1547 Toni Jeffs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.72Q
1652 Julie Douglas Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 57.84Q
1736 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 57.88
1842 Jenna Gresdal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.97
1931 Angela Chuck Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 58.44
2041 Mackenzie Howe Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 58.62
2151 Julia Martin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 59.10
2224 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 59.58
2325 Linda McEachrane Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 59.60
2448 Nikia Deveaux Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:00.79
2558 Sharntelle McLean Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:00.99
2626 Emily Crookall-Nixon Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1:01.10
2722 Gail Strobridge Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1:01.71
2823 Elaine Reyes Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1:02.31
2938 Kiera Aitken Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1:03.50
3027 Nathalie Lee Baw Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:04.23
3121 Keren Lee Visser Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1:05.14
3214 Ursula Kuenzli Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:07.32
3313 Sana Abdul Wahid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:10.34
3415 Olivia Aya Nakitanda Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:11.03

Semifinals

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

RankSemi-finalLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.43Q
225 Karen Legg Flag of England.svg  England 55.94Q
323 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.05Q
415 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.07Q
516 Karen Pickering Flag of England.svg  England 56.10Q
514 Alison Sheppard Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 56.10Q
726 Melanie Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 56.27Q
813 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.45Q
922 Laura Nicholls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.46
1017 Mandy Leach Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 56.89
1127 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.13
1211 Laura Pomeroy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.48
1321 Catrin Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 57.59
1418 Julie Douglas Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 57.96
1512 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 58.11
1628 Toni Jeffs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.27

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.45
Silver medal icon.svg3 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.60
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Karen Legg Flag of England.svg  England 55.86
42 Karen Pickering Flag of England.svg  England 55.95
58 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.99
67 Alison Sheppard Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 56.05
71 Melanie Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 56.19
86 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.20

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References

  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.