Men's EAD 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre[1] | |||||||||
Dates | 3 August (semifinals, heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 51 from 13 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | −0.34 | |||||||||
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 | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The Men's EAD 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Classification
[edit]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.[2]
- 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
[edit]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
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows;
Class | Name | Time | Location | Date |
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S1 | ![]() |
1:11.30 | Stockholm, Sweden | 31 July 2001 |
S2 | ![]() |
1:10.11 | Sydney, Australia | 27 October 2000 |
S3 | ![]() |
49.03 | Sydney, Australia | 27 October 2000 |
S4 | ![]() |
38.84 | Sydney, Australia | 27 October 2000 |
S5 | ![]() |
33.33 | Spain | 26 July 2002 |
S6 | ![]() |
31.26 | Atlanta, United States | 25 August 1996 |
S7 | ![]() |
28.58 | Sydney, Australia | 28 October 2000 |
S8 | 27.93 | |||
S9 | ![]() |
26.36 | Sydney, Australia | 28 October 2000 |
S10 | ![]() |
25.04 | Winnipeg, Canada | 24 March 2002 |
S11 | ![]() |
25.96 | New York, United States | 1 January 1987 |
S12 | ![]() |
25.79 | Sydney, Australia | 28 October 2000 |
S13 | ![]() |
24.67 | Sydney, Australia | 28 October 2000 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Class | Name | Nationality | Time | Result | Record |
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1 August | Heats | S5 | Chee Kin Wong | ![]() |
47.34 | +13.20 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S6 | Yusup Dewa | ![]() |
37.31 | +6.05 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S6 | Andreas Potamitis | ![]() |
35.74 | +4.48 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S7 | Alex Harris | ![]() |
29.50 | +0.92 | GR |
1 August | Final | S7 | David Roberts | ![]() |
28.71 | +0.13 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S8 | Ben Austin | ![]() |
27.48 | −0.45 | WR |
1 August | Heats | S9 | Aidan McGlynn | ![]() |
28.88 | +2.52 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S10 | Philippe Gagnon | ![]() |
25.41 | +0.37 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S10 | Benoit Huot | ![]() |
25.23 | +0.19 | GR |
1 August | Final | S10 | Philippe Gagnon | ![]() |
25.04 | 0.00 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S11 | Ou Dona | ![]() |
40.74 | +14.78 | GR |
1 August | Heats | S12 | Darren Leach | ![]() |
26.10 | +0.31 | GR |
1 August | Final | S12 | ![]() |
25.91 | +0.12 | GR | |
1 August | Heats | S13 | Scott Field | ![]() |
26.09 | +1.42 | GR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Class | Nationality | Time | Result | Notes |
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1 | 3 | 3 | Ben Austin | S8 | ![]() |
27.48 | −0.45 | Q, WR, GR |
2 | 2 | 6 | David Roberts | S7 | ![]() |
28.75 | +0.17 | Q, GR |
3 | 3 | 4 | Benoit Huot | S10 | ![]() |
25.23 | +0.19 | Q, GR |
4 | 1 | 4 | Darren Leach | S12 | ![]() |
26.10 | +0.31 | Q, GR |
5 | 2 | 4 | Philippe Gagnon | S10 | ![]() |
25.41 | +0.37 | Q, GR |
6 | 2 | 5 | Ebert Phillipus Kleynhans | S12 | ![]() |
26.35 | +0.56 | Q |
7 | 1 | 6 | Alex Harris | S7 | ![]() |
29.50 | +0.92 | Q, GR |
3 | 6 | Matt Walker | S7 | ![]() |
29.50 | Q | ||
9 | 2 | 3 | Ian Sharpe | S12 | ![]() |
27.21 | +1.42 | |
3 | 5 | Scott Field | S13 | ![]() |
26.09 | GR | ||
11 | 1 | 3 | Aidan McGlynn | S9 | ![]() |
28.88 | +2.52 | GR |
12 | 2 | 2 | Andrew Lindsay | S7 | ![]() |
31.52 | +2.94 | |
13 | 1 | 5 | Paul Noble | S10 | ![]() |
28.03 | +2.99 | GR |
14 | 3 | 2 | Nick Gibbon | S10 | ![]() |
29.34 | +4.30 | |
15 | 3 | 7 | Andreas Potamitis | S6 | ![]() |
35.74 | +4.48 | GR |
16 | 2 | 7 | Meng Ee Wong | S12 | ![]() |
31.27 | +5.48 | |
17 | 1 | 7 | Yusup Dewa | S6 | ![]() |
37.31 | +6.05 | GR |
18 | 1 | 2 | Abdulgani Ashur Abeid | S10 | ![]() |
36.11 | +11.07 | |
19 | 1 | 1 | Chee Kin Wong | S5 | ![]() |
47.34 | +13.20 | GR |
20 | 2 | 1 | Ioannis Mavrou | S6 | ![]() |
44.90 | +13.64 | |
21 | 3 | 1 | Ou Dona | S11 | ![]() |
40.74 | +14.78 | GR |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 1 August at 19:37.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Class | Nation | Time | Result | Notes |
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4 | Ben Austin | S8 | ![]() |
27.59 | −0.34 | |
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2 | Philippe Gagnon | S10 | ![]() |
25.04 | 0.00 | GR |
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3 | Benoit Huot | S10 | ![]() |
25.07 | +0.03 | GR |
4 | 6 | Darren Leach | S12 | ![]() |
25.91 | +0.12 | GR |
5 | 5 | David Roberts | S7 | ![]() |
28.71 | +0.13 | GR |
6 | 1 | Alex Harris | S7 | ![]() |
29.00 | +0.42 | |
7 | 7 | Ebert Phillipus Kleynhans | S12 | ![]() |
26.55 | +0.76 | |
8 | 8 | Matt Walker | S7 | ![]() |
29.55 | +0.97 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The interior of the Manchester Aquatics Centre, showing the competition pool with the arched roof above, at around the time of its completion (JLP01/20/003/12/008) Archive Item - John Laing Photographic Collection | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "EAD". m2002.thecgf.com.
- ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
- ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.