Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
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 | |||||||||
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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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
World record | ![]() | 53.77 | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
Commonwealth record | ' | |||
Games record | ![]() | 55.17 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 12 September 1998 |
Results
Heats
The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 4 | Jodie Henry | ![]() | 55.79 | Q |
2 | 4 | 5 | Alison Sheppard | ![]() | 56.04 | Q |
3 | 5 | 3 | Karen Legg | ![]() | 56.22 | Q |
4 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Ryan | ![]() | 56.36 | Q |
5 | 4 | 3 | Helene Muller | ![]() | 56.43 | Q |
6 | 3 | 5 | Petria Thomas | ![]() | 56.64 | Q |
7 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Marshall | ![]() | 56.65 | Q |
8 | 5 | 5 | Karen Pickering | ![]() | 56.74 | Q |
9 | 3 | 3 | Laura Nicholls | ![]() | 56.86 | Q |
10 | 3 | 7 | Caroline Pickering | ![]() | 56.94 | Q |
11 | 3 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo | ![]() | 57.30 | Q |
12 | 5 | 6 | Mandy Leach | ![]() | 57.36 | Q |
13 | 4 | 6 | Catrin Davies | ![]() | 57.49 | Q |
14 | 5 | 7 | Laura Pomeroy | ![]() | 57.51 | Q |
15 | 4 | 7 | Toni Jeffs | ![]() | 57.72 | Q |
16 | 5 | 2 | Julie Douglas | ![]() | 57.84 | Q |
17 | 3 | 6 | Leah Martindale | ![]() | 57.88 | |
18 | 4 | 2 | Jenna Gresdal | ![]() | 57.97 | |
19 | 3 | 1 | Angela Chuck | ![]() | 58.44 | |
20 | 4 | 1 | Mackenzie Howe | ![]() | 58.62 | |
21 | 5 | 1 | Julia Martin | ![]() | 59.10 | |
22 | 2 | 4 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | ![]() | 59.58 | |
23 | 2 | 5 | Linda McEachrane | ![]() | 59.60 | |
24 | 4 | 8 | Nikia Deveaux | ![]() | 1:00.79 | |
25 | 5 | 8 | Sharntelle McLean | ![]() | 1:00.99 | |
26 | 2 | 6 | Emily Crookall-Nixon | ![]() | 1:01.10 | |
27 | 2 | 2 | Gail Strobridge | ![]() | 1:01.71 | |
28 | 2 | 3 | Elaine Reyes | ![]() | 1:02.31 | |
29 | 3 | 8 | Kiera Aitken | ![]() | 1:03.50 | |
30 | 2 | 7 | Nathalie Lee Baw | ![]() | 1:04.23 | |
31 | 2 | 1 | Keren Lee Visser | ![]() | 1:05.14 | |
32 | 1 | 4 | Ursula Kuenzli | ![]() | 1:07.32 | |
33 | 1 | 3 | Sana Abdul Wahid | ![]() | 1:10.34 | |
34 | 1 | 5 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda | ![]() | 1:11.03 |
Semifinals
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 | ![]() | 55.43 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Karen Legg | ![]() | 55.94 | Q |
3 | 2 | 3 | Helene Muller | ![]() | 56.05 | Q |
4 | 1 | 5 | Sarah Ryan | ![]() | 56.07 | Q |
5 | 1 | 6 | Karen Pickering | ![]() | 56.10 | Q |
5 | 1 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | ![]() | 56.10 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Melanie Marshall | ![]() | 56.27 | Q |
8 | 1 | 3 | Petria Thomas | ![]() | 56.45 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | Laura Nicholls | ![]() | 56.46 | |
10 | 1 | 7 | Mandy Leach | ![]() | 56.89 | |
11 | 2 | 7 | Joscelin Yeo | ![]() | 57.13 | |
12 | 1 | 1 | Laura Pomeroy | ![]() | 57.48 | |
13 | 2 | 1 | Catrin Davies | ![]() | 57.59 | |
14 | 1 | 8 | Julie Douglas | ![]() | 57.96 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | Caroline Pickering | ![]() | 58.11 | |
16 | 2 | 8 | Toni Jeffs | ![]() | 58.27 |
Final
The final was held on 1 August at 19:06.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Jodie Henry | ![]() | 55.45 | |
![]() | 3 | Helene Muller | ![]() | 55.60 | |
![]() | 5 | Karen Legg | ![]() | 55.86 | |
4 | 2 | Karen Pickering | ![]() | 55.95 | |
5 | 8 | Petria Thomas | ![]() | 55.99 | |
6 | 7 | Alison Sheppard | ![]() | 56.05 | |
7 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | ![]() | 56.19 | |
8 | 6 | Sarah Ryan | ![]() | 56.20 |