Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	2–3 August 2002
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:08.74
Medalists
Leisel Jones    Australia   Brooke Hanson    Australia   Sarah Poewe
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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 women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 2 and 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	23 August 1999	[1]
Commonwealth record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	23 August 1999	[1]
Games record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:08.02	Victoria, Canada	22 August 1994	[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

Heats were held on 2 August.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.46	Q
2	1	4	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.82	Q
3	3	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.93	Q
4	3	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:09.94	Q
5	2	4	Sarah Poewe		1:10.60	Q
6	1	3	Jaime King	England	1:10.78	Q
7	1	5	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.87	Q
8	3	3	Heidi Earp	England	1:11.28	Q
9	2	3	Kate Haywood	England	1:11.44	Q
10	3	6	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:11.95	Q
11	1	6	Emma Robinson		1:12.58	Q
12	2	6	Annamay Pierse	Canada	1:13.72	Q
13	2	2	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	1:14.08	Q
14	1	2	Lowri Tynan	Wales	1:14.35	Q
15	3	2		Wales	1:14.36	Q
16	3	7			1:15.96	Q
17	1	7	Rachel Ah Koy		1:17.33
18	2	1			1:18.89
19	1	1			1:26.51

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held on 2 August.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.31	Q
2	2	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.00	Q
3	1	4	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.19	Q
4	2	4	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.75	Q
5	2	3	Sarah Poewe		1:09.95	Q
6	2	2	Kate Haywood	England	1:10.44	Q
7	2	6	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.68	Q
8	1	3	Jaime King	England	1:10.92	Q
9	1	2	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:11.06
10	1	6	Heidi Earp	England	1:11.27
11	1	7	Annamay Pierse	Canada	1:11.99
12	2	7	Emma Robinson		1:12.23
13	2	1	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	1:13.65
14	2	8		Wales	1:13.80
15	1	1	Lowri Tynan	Wales	1:13.90
16	1	8			1:15.23

Final[]

The final was held on 3 August.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.74
	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.10
	2	Sarah Poewe		1:09.29
4	3	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.63
5	6	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.92
6	7	Kate Haywood	England	1:10.20
7	1	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.61
8	8	Jaime King	England	1:11.45

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