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

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Women's 50 metre freestyle

|games = 2002

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Manchester Aquatics Centre

|dates = 2 August (heats, semifinals)
3 August (final)

|competitors = 38

|nations = 25

|win_value = 24.76

|gold = Alison Sheppard

|goldCGA = SCO

|silver = Jodie Henry

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Toni Jeffs

|bronzeCGA = NZL

|prev = 1998

|next = 2006

}}

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:

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Inge De Bruijn|NED}}

| world_mark = 24.13

| world_place = Sydney, Australia

| world_date = 22 September 2000

| world_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

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

2 August

Heats

align=left|Alice Mills

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

25.65

2 August

Heats

align=left|Alison Sheppard

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

24.68

Results

=Heats=

The heats were held on 2 August, starting at 11:32.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_50f_w&Content=sw_50f_w_ps_h&Type=Event&Title=Heat%5EStatus|title=Results|website=m2002.thecgf.com}}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|1	5	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alison\|Sheppard}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	24.68	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \|2	5	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Toni\|Jeffs}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	25.43	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|3	4	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alice\|Mills\|Alice Tait}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.65	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \|4	4	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jodie\|Henry}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.86	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|5	3	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Pomeroy}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.92	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|6	5	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rosalind\|Brett}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	25.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|7	4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Nicholls\|Laura Nicholls (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.94	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|8	4	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Vivienne\|Rignall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	26.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|rowspan=2\|9	3	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Ryan}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	rowspan=2\| 26.28	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Catrin\|Davies}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|rowspan=3\| 11	3	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Whewell}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	rowspan=3\| 26.32	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Helene\|Muller}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Joscelin\|Yeo}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|14	3	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Melanie\|Marshall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.34	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|15	4	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Caroline\|Pickering}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	26.36	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|16	3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julie\|Douglas}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NIR\|2002}}	26.38	Q
17	4	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Leah\|Martindale}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	26.47
18	4	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Samantha\|McNeilly}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	26.51
19	5	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jenna\|Gresdal}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	26.57
20	5	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Mandy\|Leach}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ZIM\|2002}}	26.74
21	3	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Linda\|McEachrane}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|TRI\|2002}}	27.00
rowspan=2\| 22	4	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sharntelle\|McLean}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|TRI\|2002}}	rowspan=2\| 27.09
2	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Angela\|Chuck}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JAM\|2002}}
24	5	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julia\|Martin\|Julia Martin (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	27.20
25	2	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Tamara\|Swaby}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JAM\|2002}}	27.25
26	2	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nikia\|Deveaux}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2018}}	27.35
27	2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Karla\|Hancocks}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	27.45
28	2	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Anna-Liza\|Mopio-Jane}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|PNG\|2002}}	27.65
29	2	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Emma\|Hirst}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JER\|2002}}	27.88
30	2	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Kiera\|Aitken}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	28.05
31	1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Emily\|Crookall-Nixon}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|IOM\|2002}}	28.60
32	1	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Elaine\|Reyes}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	29.18
33	1	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Tanya\|Anacleto}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2002}}	29.37
34	1	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rachel\|Fortunato}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	29.51
35	1	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nathalie\|Lee Baw}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	29.52
36	1	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sana Abdul\|Wahid}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|PAK\|2002}}	30.73
37	1	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ursula\|Kuenzli}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ZAM\|2002}}	30.75
38	1	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Olivia Aya\|Nakitanda}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|UGA\|2002}}	31.16

=Semifinals=

The semifinals were held on 2 August at 19:53.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_50f_w&Content=sw_50f_w_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	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jodie\|Henry}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.47	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Toni\|Jeffs}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	25.63	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rosalind\|Brett}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	25.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Vivienne\|Rignall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	26.05	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Catrin\|Davies}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	26.08	Q
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Helene\|Muller}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	26.10
7	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julie\|Douglas}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NIR\|2002}}	26.33
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Melanie\|Marshall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.46

==Semifinal 2==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alison\|Sheppard}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	24.79	Q,
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alice\|Mills\|Alice Tait}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.64	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Pomeroy}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.85	Q
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Nicholls\|Laura Nicholls (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	26.09
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Ryan}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	26.15
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Whewell}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.19
7	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Joscelin\|Yeo}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	26.20
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Caroline\|Pickering}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	26.39

=Final=

The final was held on 3 August at 19:04.{{Cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=sw_50f_w&Content=sw_50f_w_ps_f&Type=Event&Title=Final%5EStatus|title=Results|website=m2002.thecgf.com}}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold01}}	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alison\|Sheppard}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	24.76
{{silver02}}	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jodie\|Henry}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.37
{{silver02}}	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Toni\|Jeffs}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	25.48
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alice\|Mills\|Alice Tait}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.81
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Pomeroy}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.99
6	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Vivienne\|Rignall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	26.02
7	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rosalind\|Brett}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.03
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Catrin\|Davies}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	26.54

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50 metre freestyle}}

Women's 50 metre freestyle

Commonwealth Games

Common

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \|1	5	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alison\|Sheppard}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	24.68	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \|2	5	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Toni\|Jeffs}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	25.43	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|3	4	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alice\|Mills\|Alice Tait}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.65	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \|4	4	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jodie\|Henry}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.86	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|5	3	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Pomeroy}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.92	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|6	5	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rosalind\|Brett}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	25.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|7	4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Nicholls\|Laura Nicholls (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.94	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|8	4	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Vivienne\|Rignall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	26.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|rowspan=2\|9	3	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Ryan}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	rowspan=2\| 26.28	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Catrin\|Davies}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|rowspan=3\| 11	3	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Whewell}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	rowspan=3\| 26.32	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Helene\|Muller}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Joscelin\|Yeo}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|14	3	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Melanie\|Marshall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.34	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|15	4	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Caroline\|Pickering}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	26.36	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \|16	3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julie\|Douglas}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NIR\|2002}}	26.38	Q
17	4	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Leah\|Martindale}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BAR\|2002}}	26.47
18	4	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Samantha\|McNeilly}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	26.51
19	5	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jenna\|Gresdal}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	26.57
20	5	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Mandy\|Leach}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ZIM\|2002}}	26.74
21	3	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Linda\|McEachrane}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|TRI\|2002}}	27.00
rowspan=2\| 22	4	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sharntelle\|McLean}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|TRI\|2002}}	rowspan=2\| 27.09
2	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Angela\|Chuck}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JAM\|2002}}
24	5	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julia\|Martin\|Julia Martin (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	27.20
25	2	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Tamara\|Swaby}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JAM\|2002}}	27.25
26	2	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nikia\|Deveaux}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2018}}	27.35
27	2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Karla\|Hancocks}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	27.45
28	2	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Anna-Liza\|Mopio-Jane}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|PNG\|2002}}	27.65
29	2	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Emma\|Hirst}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|JER\|2002}}	27.88
30	2	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Kiera\|Aitken}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|BER\|2002}}	28.05
31	1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Emily\|Crookall-Nixon}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|IOM\|2002}}	28.60
32	1	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Elaine\|Reyes}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	29.18
33	1	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Tanya\|Anacleto}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2002}}	29.37
34	1	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rachel\|Fortunato}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2002}}	29.51
35	1	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Nathalie\|Lee Baw}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|MRI\|2002}}	29.52
36	1	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sana Abdul\|Wahid}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|PAK\|2002}}	30.73
37	1	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ursula\|Kuenzli}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ZAM\|2002}}	30.75
38	1	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Olivia Aya\|Nakitanda}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|UGA\|2002}}	31.16

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jodie\|Henry}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.47	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Toni\|Jeffs}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	25.63	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Rosalind\|Brett}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	25.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Vivienne\|Rignall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2002}}	26.05	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Catrin\|Davies}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2002}}	26.08	Q
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Helene\|Muller}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2002}}	26.10
7	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Julie\|Douglas}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|NIR\|2002}}	26.33
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Melanie\|Marshall}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.46

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alison\|Sheppard}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2002}}	24.79	Q,
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Alice\|Mills\|Alice Tait}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	25.64	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Pomeroy}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	25.85	Q
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Laura\|Nicholls\|Laura Nicholls (swimmer)}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2002}}	26.09
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Ryan}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2002}}	26.15
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Whewell}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|ENG\|2002}}	26.19
7	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Joscelin\|Yeo}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|SIN\|2002}}	26.20
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Caroline\|Pickering}}	align="left" \|{{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2002}}	26.39