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 | 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 women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
25.65 | GR |
2 August | Heats | Alison Sheppard | ![]() |
24.68 | GR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were held on 2 August, starting at 11:32.[1]
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were held on 2 August at 19:53.[2]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Jodie Henry | ![]() |
25.47 | Q |
2 | 4 | Toni Jeffs | ![]() |
25.63 | Q |
3 | 3 | Rosalind Brett | ![]() |
25.93 | Q |
4 | 6 | Vivienne Rignall | ![]() |
26.05 | Q |
5 | 2 | Catrin Davies | ![]() |
26.08 | Q |
6 | 7 | Helene Muller | ![]() |
26.10 | |
7 | 8 | Julie Douglas | ![]() |
26.33 | |
8 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | ![]() |
26.46 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | ![]() |
24.79 | Q, |
2 | 5 | Alice Mills | ![]() |
25.64 | Q |
3 | 3 | Laura Pomeroy | ![]() |
25.85 | Q |
4 | 6 | Laura Nicholls | ![]() |
26.09 | |
5 | 2 | Sarah Ryan | ![]() |
26.15 | |
6 | 7 | Sarah Whewell | ![]() |
26.19 | |
7 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | ![]() |
26.20 | |
8 | 8 | Caroline Pickering | ![]() |
26.39 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 3 August at 19:04.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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4 | Alison Sheppard | ![]() |
24.76 | |
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5 | Jodie Henry | ![]() |
25.37 | |
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3 | Toni Jeffs | ![]() |
25.48 | |
4 | 6 | Alice Mills | ![]() |
25.81 | |
5 | 2 | Laura Pomeroy | ![]() |
25.99 | |
6 | 1 | Vivienne Rignall | ![]() |
26.02 | |
7 | 7 | Rosalind Brett | ![]() |
26.03 | |
8 | 8 | Catrin Davies | ![]() |
26.54 |