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

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;

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
1 August	Semifinal			49.31	GR
2 August	Final			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			49.76	Q
2	3	5			50.00	Q
3	3	4			50.07	Q
4	4	4			50.16	Q
5	4	3			50.17	Q
6	3	6			50.54	Q
7	5	3			50.59	Q
8	4	6			50.89	Q
9	3	3			51.17	Q
10	4	5			51.19	Q
11	3	2			51.96	Q
12	5	2			52.41	Q
13	4	7			52.45	Q,
14	5	1			52.74	Q
15	3	1			52.77	Q
16	5	7			52.80	Q
17	4	2			52.89
18	3	7			53.21
19	4	1			53.32
20	5	8			53.90
21	2	2			54.22
22	2	4			54.72
23	3	8			54.86
24	4	8			54.90
25	1	4			55.38
26	2	5			55.50
27	1	5			55.56
28	1	6			55.67
29	1	2			56.23
30	2	7			56.52
31	2	6			56.56
32	2	1			56.74
33	2	3			56.75
34	1	3			57.29
35	1	7			58.77
36	2	8			1:00.07
37	1	1			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			49.72	Q
2	5			50.05	Q
3	3			50.28	Q
4	2			50.60	Q
5	6			51.00
6	8			52.49
7	7			52.82
8	1			52.89

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	4			49.31	Q, GR
2	6			49.91	Q
3	5			50.13	Q
4	3			50.45	Q
5	2			51.44
6	7			52.35
7	8			52.49
8	1			52.63

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			48.73	GR
	6			49.45
	3			49.71
4	5			49.99
5	2			50.12
6	1			50.17
7	7			50.40
8	8			51.00

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. m2002.thecgf.com.
2. Web site: Results. m2002.thecgf.com.
3. Web site: Results. m2002.thecgf.com.