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

Women's EAD 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 July
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Winning time	-1.06
Medalists
Natalie du Toit       Stéphanie Dixon    Canada   Danielle Campo    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 Women's EAD 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July 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	Danielle Watts (ENG)	1:34.24	Sheffield, England	7 June 2002
S2	Victoria Broadribb (ENG)	1:15.46	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S3	(CZE)	59.92	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S4	Mayumi Narita (JPN)	39.23	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S5	Béatrice Hess (FRA)	36.85	Sydney, Australia	27 October 2000
S6	Doramitzi González (MEX)	36.02	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S7	Danielle Campo (CAN)	34.95	Christchurch, New Zealand	13 October 1998
S8	Keren Leibovitch (ISR)	31.85	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S9		30.74
S10	Jessica Sloan (CAN)	28.44	Sydney, Australia	28 October 2000
S11	(SWE)	33.02	Atlanta, United States	25 August 1996
S12	(CHN)	28.16	Madrid, Spain	25 July 1998
S13	(GER)	27.38	Atlanta, United States	25 August 1996

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Class	Name	Nationality	Time	Result	Record
31 July	Heats	S5	Theresa Goh		51.05	+14.20	GR
31 July	Heats	S7	Danielle Campo	Canada	35.92	+0.97	GR
31 July	Final	S7	Danielle Campo	Canada	35.02	+0.07	GR
31 July	Heats	S8		Malaysia	58.85	+27.00	GR
31 July	Heats	S9	Natalie du Toit		29.53	-1.21	WR
31 July	Heats	S10	Sarah Bailey	England	31.34	+2.90	GR
31 July	Heats	S11	Elaine Barrett	England	34.89	+1.87	GR
31 July	Final	S11	Elaine Barrett	England	34.46	+1.44	GR
31 July	Heats	S13	Rhiannon Henry	Wales	30.16	+2.78	GR
31 July	Heats	S13	Karolina Pelendritou		29.93	+2.55	GR
31 July	Final	S13	Karolina Pelendritou		29.88	+2.50	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	1	4	Natalie du Toit	S9		29.53	-1.21	Q, WR
2	3	5	Stéphanie Dixon	S9	Canada	30.69	-0.05	Q
3	1	3	Danielle Campo	S7	Canada	35.92	+0.97	Q, GR
4	1	5	Dianna Ley	S9	Australia	31.80	+1.06	Q
5	3	6	Elaine Barrett	S11	England	34.89	+1.87	Q, GR
6	2	3		S9	Scotland	32.75	+2.01	Q
7	3	3	Kate Bailey	S9	Australia	33.13	+2.39	Q
8	3	4	Karolina Pelendritou	S13		29.93	+2.55	Q, GR
9	2	4	Rhiannon Henry	S13	Wales	30.16	+2.78	GR
10	2	5	Sarah Bailey	S10	England	31.34	+2.90	GR
11	2	6		S10	Wales	35.11	+6.67
12	1	6	Theresa Goh	S5		51.05	+14.20	GR
13	3	2		S9	Malaysia	46.87	+16.13
14	1	2		S8	Malaysia	58.85	+27.00	GR
15	2	7		S9		1:01.86	+31.12
16	2	2		S9		1:14.81	+44.07
DQ	3	7		S5	Mauritius

Final[]

The final was held on 31 July at 19:51.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Class	Nation	Time	Result	Notes
	4	Natalie du Toit	S9		29.68	-1.06
	5	Stéphanie Dixon	S9	Canada	30.60	-0.14
	3	Danielle Campo	S7	Canada	35.02	+0.07	GR
4	6	Dianna Ley	S9	Australia	31.79	+1.05
5	2	Elaine Barrett	S11	England	34.46	+1.44	GR
6	7		S9	Scotland	32.75	+2.01
7	1	Kate Bailey	S9	Australia	32.82	+2.08
8	8	Karolina Pelendritou	S13		29.88	+2.50	GR

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