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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates1 August (Heats, Semifinals), 2 August (Final)
Competitors37 from 22 nations
Winning time48.73
Medalists
gold medal Ian Thorpe  File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
silver medal Ashley Callus  File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
bronze medal Ryk Neethling  File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
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2002 Commonwealth Games
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
50 m EADmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m EADmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

World record File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pieter Van Den Hoogenband (NED) 47.84 Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000
Commonwealth record
Games record

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
1 August Semifinal Ian Thorpe File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 49.31 GR
2 August Final Ian Thorpe File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 48.73 GR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Ian Thorpe File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 49.76 Q
2 3 5 Matt Kidd File:Flag of England.svg England 50.00 Q
3 3 4 Todd Pearson File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 50.07 Q
4 4 4 Ashley Callus File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 50.16 Q
5 4 3 Brent Hayden File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.17 Q
6 3 6 Craig Hutchison File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.54 Q
7 5 3 Ryk Neethling File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 50.59 Q
8 4 6 Anthony Howard File:Flag of England.svg England 50.89 Q
9 3 3 Chris Cozens File:Flag of England.svg England 51.17 Q
10 4 5 Nicholas Folker File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 51.19 Q
11 3 2 Alexandros Aresti File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus 51.96 Q
12 5 2 Carl Probert File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 52.41 Q
13 4 7 Demetris Demetriou File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus 52.45 Q,
14 5 1 Steven Evans File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales 52.74 Q
15 3 1 Ron Cowen File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 52.77 Q
16 5 7 Damian Alleyne File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 52.80 Q
17 4 2 Mark Chay File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 52.89
18 3 7 Moss Burmester File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 53.21
19 4 1 Christopher Vythoulkas File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 53.32
20 5 8 Christophe Lin Wen Ying File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 53.90
21 2 2 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 54.22
22 2 4 Alan Jones File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man 54.72
23 3 8 Roy-Allan Burch File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 54.86
24 4 8 Jamie Peterkin File:Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg Saint Lucia 54.90
25 1 4 Musa Bakare File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 55.38
26 2 5 Nicholas Diaper File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 55.50
27 1 5 Kristoph Carey File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 55.56
28 1 6 Ben Lowndes File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey 55.67
29 1 2 Folahan Oluwole File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 56.23
30 2 7 Jean Francois Wai Choon File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 56.52
31 2 6 Rama Vyombo File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 56.56
32 2 1 Eric Williams File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 56.74
33 2 3 Hamid Nassir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 56.75
34 1 3 Angel Gonzalez File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 57.29
35 1 7 Andre Kuenzli File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 58.77
36 2 8 Craig Massey-Hicks File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 1:00.07
37 1 1 Joel Kisuule File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1:04.17

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Matt Kidd File:Flag of England.svg England 49.72 Q
2 5 Ashley Callus File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 50.05 Q
3 3 Craig Hutchison File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.28 Q
4 2 Nicholas Folker File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 50.60 Q
5 6 Anthony Howard File:Flag of England.svg England 51.00
6 8 Damian Alleyne File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 52.49
7 7 Carl Probert File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 52.82
8 1 Steven Evans File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales 52.89

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Ian Thorpe File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 49.31 Q, GR
2 6 Ryk Neethling File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 49.91 Q
3 5 Todd Pearson File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 50.13 Q
4 3 Brent Hayden File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.45 Q
5 2 Chris Cozens File:Flag of England.svg England 51.44
6 7 Alexandros Aresti File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus 52.35
7 8 Ron Cowen File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 52.49
8 1 Demetris Demetriou File:Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus 52.63

Final

The final was held on 2 August at 19:25.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ian Thorpe File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 48.73 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Ashley Callus File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 49.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ryk Neethling File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 49.71
4 5 Matt Kidd File:Flag of England.svg England 49.99
5 2 Todd Pearson File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 50.12
6 1 Brent Hayden File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.17
7 7 Craig Hutchison File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 50.40
8 8 Nicholas Folker File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 51.00

References

  1. ↑ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
  2. ↑ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
  3. ↑ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
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