Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 2 August (heats, semifinals) 3 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.76 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | |
| 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 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Inge De Bruijn (NED) |
24.13 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
| Commonwealth record | ||||
| Games record |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August | Heats | Alice Mills |  Australia |
25.65 | GR |
| 2 August | Heats | Alison Sheppard |  Scotland |
24.68 | GR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 2 August, starting at 11:32.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland |
24.68 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Toni Jeffs |  New Zealand |
25.43 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia |
25.65 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Jodie Henry | Australia |
25.86 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Laura Pomeroy | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
25.92 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Rosalind Brett |  England |
25.93 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada |
25.94 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand |
26.01 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Sarah Ryan | Australia |
26.28 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Catrin Davies |  Wales |
Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Sarah Whewell | England |
26.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Helene Muller |  South Africa |
Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | Joscelin Yeo |  Singapore |
Q | ||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Melanie Marshall | England |
26.34 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Caroline Pickering |  Fiji |
26.36 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Julie Douglas | .svg.png){kind=small} Northern Ireland |
26.38 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Leah Martindale |  Barbados |
26.47 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Samantha McNeilly | Scotland |
26.51 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada |
26.57 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Mandy Leach |  Zimbabwe |
26.74 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Linda McEachrane |  Trinidad and Tobago |
27.00 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Sharntelle McLean | Trinidad and Tobago |
27.09 | |
| 2 | 1 | Angela Chuck |  Jamaica |
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| 24 | 5 | 8 | Julia Martin | Wales |
27.20 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Tamara Swaby | Jamaica |
27.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Nikia Deveaux |  Bahamas |
27.35 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Karla Hancocks | Wales |
27.45 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane |  Papua New Guinea |
27.65 | |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Emma Hirst |  Jersey |
27.88 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Kiera Aitken |  Bermuda |
28.05 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Emily Crookall-Nixon |  Isle of Man |
28.60 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Elaine Reyes |  Gibraltar |
29.18 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Tanya Anacleto |  Mozambique |
29.37 | |
| 34 | 1 | 7 | Rachel Fortunato | Gibraltar |
29.51 | |
| 35 | 1 | 2 | Nathalie Lee Baw |  Mauritius |
29.52 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Sana Abdul Wahid |  Pakistan |
30.73 | |
| 37 | 1 | 8 | Ursula Kuenzli |  Zambia |
30.75 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda |  Uganda |
31.16 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 2 August at 19:53.[2]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia |
25.47 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand |
25.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Rosalind Brett | England |
25.93 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand |
26.05 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Catrin Davies | Wales |
26.08 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Helene Muller | South Africa |
26.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Julie Douglas | Northern Ireland |
26.33 | |
| 8 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | England |
26.46 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland |
24.79 | Q, |
| 2 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia |
25.64 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada |
25.85 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada |
26.09 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sarah Ryan | Australia |
26.15 | |
| 6 | 7 | Sarah Whewell | England |
26.19 | |
| 7 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore |
26.20 | |
| 8 | 8 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji |
26.39 |
Final
The final was held on 3 August at 19:04.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland |
24.76 | |
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5 | Jodie Henry | Australia |
25.37 | |
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3 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand |
25.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | Alice Mills | Australia |
25.81 | |
| 5 | 2 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada |
25.99 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand |
26.02 | |
| 7 | 7 | Rosalind Brett | England |
26.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Catrin Davies | Wales |
26.54 |
References
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