Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's EAD 50 metre freestyle

Men's EAD 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 August (semifinals, heats) 4 August (final)
Competitors	51 from 13 nations
Winning time	−0.34
Medalists
Ben Austin    Australia   Philippe Gagnon    Canada   Benoit Huot    Canada
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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
50 m EAD	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m EAD	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men
200 m	men
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m		women
100 m
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m		women
400 m
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men
4×200 m		women
Medley relay
4×100 m
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The Men's EAD 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Classification[]

The events were run on a multi-disability format, which included both physically disabled and visually impaired swimmers i.e. the International Paralympic Committee’s Swimming Classification S1 – S13.^[1]

• Classes S1 – S10 are allocated to swimmers with a physical disability ranging from swimmers with a severe disability (S1) to those with a minimal disability (S10).
• Classes S11 – S13 are allocated to swimmers with a visual impairment ranging from swimmers with no vision or may have light perception (S11) to those with some visual acuity (S13).

Format[]

All classes, 1 through 13 swan together in 3 heats and a final event. Positions were determined by each athlete’s time relative to the current world record for the appropriate classification of the swimmer. This may have meant that the swimmer touching first may not have been the winner.

World records were time standardised to identify both the finalists and medal winners throughout the competition. This meant that the same ‘time marker’ was used in the heats and the final irrespective of whether the world record had been broken during the course of competition.

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows;

Class	Name	Time	Location	Date
S1	(ISR)	1:11.30	Stockholm, Sweden	31 July 2001
S2	Curtis Lovejoy (USA)	1:10.11	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S3	(PER)	49.03	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S4	(ESP)	38.84	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S5	Sebastian Rodriguez Veloso (ESP)	33.33	Spain	26 July 2002
S6	(DEN)	31.26	Atlanta, United States	25 August 1996
S7	David Roberts (WAL)	28.58	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S8		27.93
S9	(CHN)	26.36	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S10	Benoit Huot (CAN)	25.04	Winnipeg, Canada	24 March 2002
S11	John Morgan (USA)	25.96	New York, United States	1 January 1987
S12	(RSA)	25.79	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S13	Andrey Strokin (RUS)	24.67	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Class	Name	Nationality	Time	Result	Record
1 August	Heats	S5		Malaysia	47.34	+13.20	GR
1 August	Heats	S6		Malaysia	37.31	+6.05	GR
1 August	Heats	S6			35.74	+4.48	GR
1 August	Heats	S7	Alex Harris	Australia	29.50	+0.92	GR
1 August	Final	S7	David Roberts	Wales	28.71	+0.13	GR
1 August	Heats	S8	Ben Austin	Australia	27.48	−0.45	WR
1 August	Heats	S9			28.88	+2.52	GR
1 August	Heats	S10	Philippe Gagnon	Canada	25.41	+0.37	GR
1 August	Heats	S10	Benoit Huot	Canada	25.23	+0.19	GR
1 August	Final	S10	Philippe Gagnon	Canada	25.04	0.00	GR
1 August	Heats	S11			40.74	+14.78	GR
1 August	Heats	S12		England	26.10	+0.31	GR
1 August	Final	S12		England	25.91	+0.12	GR
1 August	Heats	S13	Scott Field		26.09	+1.42	GR

Results[]

Heats[]

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Class	Nationality	Time	Result	Notes
1	3	3	Ben Austin	S8	Australia	27.48	−0.45	Q, WR, GR
2	2	6	David Roberts	S7	Wales	28.75	+0.17	Q, GR
3	3	4	Benoit Huot	S10	Canada	25.23	+0.19	Q, GR
4	1	4		S12	England	26.10	+0.31	Q, GR
5	2	4	Philippe Gagnon	S10	Canada	25.41	+0.37	Q, GR
6	2	5		S12		26.35	+0.56	Q
7	1	6	Alex Harris	S7	Australia	29.50	+0.92	Q, GR
	3	6	Matt Walker	S7	England	29.50		Q
9	2	3		S12	Isle of Man	27.21	+1.42
	3	5	Scott Field	S13		26.09		GR
11	1	3		S9		28.88	+2.52	GR
12	2	2	Andrew Lindsay	S7	Scotland	31.52	+2.94
13	1	5		S10	Scotland	28.03	+2.99	GR
14	3	2		S10	Wales	29.34	+4.30
15	3	7		S6		35.74	+4.48	GR
16	2	7		S12		31.27	+5.48
17	1	7		S6	Malaysia	37.31	+6.05	GR
18	1	2		S10		36.11	+11.07
19	1	1		S5	Malaysia	47.34	+13.20	GR
20	2	1		S6		44.90	+13.64
21	3	1		S11		40.74	+14.78	GR

Final[]

The final was held on 1 August at 19:37.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Class	Nation	Time	Result	Notes
	4	Ben Austin	S8	Australia	27.59	−0.34
	2	Philippe Gagnon	S10	Canada	25.04	0.00	GR
	3	Benoit Huot	S10	Canada	25.07	+0.03	GR
4	6		S12	England	25.91	+0.12	GR
5	5	David Roberts	S7	Wales	28.71	+0.13	GR
6	1	Alex Harris	S7	Australia	29.00	+0.42
7	7		S12		26.55	+0.76
8	8	Matt Walker	S7	England	29.55	+0.97

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