Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Men's 100 metre freestyle

|games = 2002

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Manchester Aquatics Centre

|dates = 1 August (Heats, Semifinals), 2 August (Final)

|competitors = 37

|nations = 22

|win_value = 48.73

|gold = Ian Thorpe

|goldCGA = AUS

|silver = Ashley Callus

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Ryk Neethling

|bronzeCGA = RSA

|prev = 1998

|next = 2006

}}

The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Pieter Van Den Hoogenband|NED}}

| world_mark = 47.84

| world_place = Sydney, Australia

| world_date = 19 September 2000

| world_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

1 August

Semifinal

align=left|Ian Thorpe

align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2002}}

49.31

2 August

Final

align=left|Ian Thorpe

align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2002}}

48.73

Results

=Heats=

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_100f_m&Content=sw_100f_m_ps_h&Type=Event&Title=Heat%5EStatus|title=Results|website=m2002.thecgf.com}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ian\|Thorpe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	49.76	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Matt\|Kidd}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	50.00	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Todd\|Pearson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.07	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Callus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.16	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brent\|Hayden}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.17	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|Hutchison\|Craig Hutchison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.54	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ryk\|Neethling}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	50.59	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Howard\|Anthony Howard (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	50.89	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 9	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Chris\|Cozens}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	51.17	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Folker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	51.19	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alexandros\|Aresti}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	51.96	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Carl\|Probert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	52.41	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Demetris\|Demetriou}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	52.45	Q,
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Steven\|Evans\|Steven Evans (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	52.74	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ron\|Cowen\|Ron Cowen (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	52.77	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Damian\|Alleyne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	52.80	Q
17	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mark\|Chay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	52.89
18	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Moss\|Burmester}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	53.21
19	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Christopher\|Vythoulkas}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2002}}	53.32
20	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Christophe\|Lin Wen Ying}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	53.90
21	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Afolabi\|Adeleke-Adedoyin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	54.22
22	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alan\|Jones\|Alan Jones (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2002}}	54.72
23	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Roy-Allan\|Burch}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	54.86
24	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jamie\|Peterkin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|LCA\|2002}}	54.90
25	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Musa\|Bakare}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	55.38
26	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Diaper}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	55.50
27	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kristoph\|Carey}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2002}}	55.56
28	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ben\|Lowndes}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2002}}	55.67
29	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Folahan\|Oluwole}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	56.23
30	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jean Francois\|Wai Choon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	56.52
31	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rama\|Vyombo}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	56.56
32	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Eric\|Williams\|Eric Williams (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	56.74
33	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hamid\|Nassir}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	56.75
34	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Angel\|Gonzalez\|Angel Gonzalez (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	57.29
35	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andre\|Kuenzli}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ZAM\|2002}}	58.77
36	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|Massey-Hicks}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAW\|2002}}	1:00.07
37	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joel\|Kisuule}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2002}}	1:04.17

=Semifinals=

The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_100f_m&Content=sw_100f_m_ps_sf&Type=Event&Title=Semi%5EFinal%5EStatus|title=Results|website=m2002.thecgf.com}}

==Semifinal 1==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Matt\|Kidd}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	49.72	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Callus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.05	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Craig\|Hutchison\|Craig Hutchison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.28	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Folker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	50.60	Q
5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Howard\|Anthony Howard (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	51.00
6	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Damian\|Alleyne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	52.49
7	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Carl\|Probert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	52.82
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Steven\|Evans\|Steven Evans (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	52.89

==Semifinal 2==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ian\|Thorpe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	49.31	Q, GR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ryk\|Neethling}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	49.91	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Todd\|Pearson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.13	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Brent\|Hayden}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.45	Q
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Chris\|Cozens}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	51.44
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alexandros\|Aresti}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	52.35
7	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ron\|Cowen\|Ron Cowen (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	52.49
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Demetris\|Demetriou}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	52.63

=Final=

The final was held on 2 August at 19:25.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_100f_m&Content=sw_100f_m_ps_f&Type=Event&Title=Final%5EStatus|title=Results|website=m2002.thecgf.com}}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ian\|Thorpe}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	48.73	GR
{{silver2}}	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Callus}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	49.45
{{bronze3}}	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ryk\|Neethling}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	49.71
4	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Matt\|Kidd}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	49.99
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Todd\|Pearson}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.12
6	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Brent\|Hayden}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.17
7	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Craig\|Hutchison\|Craig Hutchison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.40
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Folker}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	51.00

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games - Men's 100 metre freestyle}}

Men's 100 metre freestyle

Commonwealth Games

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ian\|Thorpe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	49.76	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Matt\|Kidd}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	50.00	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Todd\|Pearson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.07	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Callus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.16	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brent\|Hayden}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.17	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|Hutchison\|Craig Hutchison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.54	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ryk\|Neethling}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	50.59	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Howard\|Anthony Howard (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	50.89	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 9	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Chris\|Cozens}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	51.17	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Folker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	51.19	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alexandros\|Aresti}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	51.96	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Carl\|Probert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	52.41	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Demetris\|Demetriou}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CYP\|2002}}	52.45	Q,
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Steven\|Evans\|Steven Evans (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	52.74	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ron\|Cowen\|Ron Cowen (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	52.77	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Damian\|Alleyne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	52.80	Q
17	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mark\|Chay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	52.89
18	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Moss\|Burmester}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	53.21
19	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Christopher\|Vythoulkas}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2002}}	53.32
20	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Christophe\|Lin Wen Ying}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	53.90
21	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Afolabi\|Adeleke-Adedoyin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	54.22
22	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alan\|Jones\|Alan Jones (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2002}}	54.72
23	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Roy-Allan\|Burch}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	54.86
24	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jamie\|Peterkin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|LCA\|2002}}	54.90
25	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Musa\|Bakare}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	55.38
26	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Diaper}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	55.50
27	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kristoph\|Carey}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2002}}	55.56
28	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ben\|Lowndes}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2002}}	55.67
29	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Folahan\|Oluwole}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	56.23
30	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jean Francois\|Wai Choon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	56.52
31	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rama\|Vyombo}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	56.56
32	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Eric\|Williams\|Eric Williams (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NGR\|2002}}	56.74
33	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hamid\|Nassir}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2002}}	56.75
34	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Angel\|Gonzalez\|Angel Gonzalez (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	57.29
35	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andre\|Kuenzli}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ZAM\|2002}}	58.77
36	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|Massey-Hicks}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAW\|2002}}	1:00.07
37	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joel\|Kisuule}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2002}}	1:04.17

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Matt\|Kidd}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	49.72	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Callus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	50.05	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Craig\|Hutchison\|Craig Hutchison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	50.28	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Folker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	50.60	Q
5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Howard\|Anthony Howard (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	51.00
6	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Damian\|Alleyne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	52.49
7	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Carl\|Probert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	52.82
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Steven\|Evans\|Steven Evans (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	52.89