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 | 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 | ||
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 | (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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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 | Wales | Q | |||
11 | 3 | 6 | England | 26.32 | Q | |
5 | 2 | Helene Muller | Q | |||
5 | 3 | Joscelin Yeo | Q | |||
14 | 3 | 5 | Melanie Marshall | England | 26.34 | Q |
15 | 4 | 7 | Caroline Pickering | 26.36 | Q | |
16 | 3 | 3 | 26.38 | Q | ||
17 | 4 | 2 | Leah Martindale | 26.47 | ||
18 | 4 | 1 | Scotland | 26.51 | ||
19 | 5 | 1 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 26.57 | |
20 | 5 | 7 | Mandy Leach | Zimbabwe | 26.74 | |
21 | 3 | 1 | Linda McEachrane | 27.00 | ||
22 | 4 | 8 | Sharntelle McLean | 27.09 | ||
2 | 1 | Angela Chuck | Jamaica | |||
24 | 5 | 8 | Wales | 27.20 | ||
25 | 2 | 7 | Jamaica | 27.25 | ||
26 | 2 | 6 | Nikia Deveaux | Bahamas | 27.35 | |
27 | 2 | 5 | Wales | 27.45 | ||
28 | 2 | 3 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 27.65 | ||
29 | 2 | 8 | 27.88 | |||
30 | 2 | 2 | Kiera Aitken | 28.05 | ||
31 | 1 | 4 | Isle of Man | 28.60 | ||
32 | 1 | 6 | 29.18 | |||
33 | 1 | 3 | Tanya Anacleto | Mozambique | 29.37 | |
34 | 1 | 7 | 29.51 | |||
35 | 1 | 2 | Nathalie Lee Baw | Mauritius | 29.52 | |
36 | 1 | 5 | Pakistan | 30.73 | ||
37 | 1 | 8 | 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 |
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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 | Wales | 26.08 | Q | |
6 | 7 | Helene Muller | 26.10 | ||
7 | 8 | 26.33 | |||
8 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | England | 26.46 |
Semifinal 2[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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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 | England | 26.19 | ||
7 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | 26.20 | ||
8 | 8 | Caroline Pickering | 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 | ||
5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.37 | ||
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 | Wales | 26.54 |
References[]
Categories:
- Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Women's 50 metre freestyle
- 2002 in women's swimming