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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates1 August
Competitors21 from 26 nations
Winning time22.33
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    England
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

World record  Alexander Popov (RUS) 21.64 Moscow, Russia 1 June 2000
Commonwealth record
Games record

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
3 August Semifinal Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.52 GR
3 August Semifinal Brett Hawke  Australia 22.29 GR

Results

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Heats

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The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Brett Hawke  Australia 22.67 Q
2 7 4 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.88 Q
3 6 4 Ashley Callus  Australia 22.93 Q
4 5 5 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 23.10 Q
5 7 3 Nicholas Folker  South Africa 23.26 Q
6 5 6 Craig Hutchison  Canada 23.27 Q
7 7 5 Mark Foster  England 23.33 Q
6 5 Matt Kidd  England Q
9 6 6 Chris Cozens  England 23.37 Q
10 7 6 Matthew Rose  Canada 23.43 Q
11 7 2 Todd Pearson  Australia 23.59 Q
12 6 2 Brent Hayden  Canada 23.61 Q
6 8 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou  Cyprus Q,
14 7 7 Stavros Michaelides  Cyprus 23.66 Q
15 5 2 Steven Evans  Wales 23.80 Q
16 4 5 Jonathan Winter  New Zealand 23.89 Q
17 4 7 Alexis Militis  Jersey 23.91
18 6 3 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 23.93
19 5 3 Carl Probert  Fiji 24.04
20 5 1 Demetris Demetriou  Cyprus 24.08
21 6 1 Musa Bakare  Nigeria 24.21
22 5 7 Nicholas Sheeran  New Zealand 24.29
23 4 3 Terrence Elton Haynes  Barbados 24.37
24 4 6 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin  Nigeria 24.42
25 7 1 Christophe Lin Wen Ying  Mauritius 24.43
5 8 Christopher Vythoulkas  Bahamas
27 7 8 Cameron Gibson  New Zealand 24.55
4 4 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda
29 4 8 Mark Chay  Singapore 24.63
30 2 4 Ramon James  Jamaica 24.67
31 6 8 Cliff Gittens  Barbados 24.70
32 4 1 Jamie Peterkin  Saint Lucia 24.79
33 3 4 Nicholas Peterkin  Saint Lucia 24.87
34 4 2 Ron Cowen  Bermuda 24.96
35 2 5 Alan Jones  Isle of Man 25.14
36 3 5 Kristoph Carey  Bahamas 25.27
37 3 7 Hamid Nassir  Kenya 25.46
38 3 2 Graham Alexander Campbell Smith  Bermuda 25.48
39 3 3 Folahan Oluwole  Nigeria 25.52
40 3 1 Rama Vyombo  Kenya 25.58
41 3 6 Nicholas Diaper  Kenya 25.59
42 3 8 Ben Lowndes  Guernsey 25.82
43 2 6 Dave Batty  Isle of Man 26.00
44 2 3 Angel Gonzalez  Gibraltar 26.35
45 2 7 Craig Massey-Hicks  Malawi 26.50
46 2 1 Jonathon Le Noury  Guernsey 26.61
47 2 8 Andre Kuenzli  Zambia 27.24
48 1 5 David Asser Korpela  Malawi 27.36
49 2 2 Gerusio Matonse  Mozambique 27.44
50 1 3 Yona Walesi  Malawi 32.08
- 1 - Joel Kisuule  Uganda DSQ

Semifinals

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The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.52 Q, GR
2 5 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 22.62 Q
3 3 Craig Hutchison  Canada 22.96 Q
4 6 Matt Kidd  England 23.06 Q
5 2 Matthew Rose  Canada 23.32
6 7 Stavros Michaelides  Cyprus 23.66
7 8 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 24.10
8 1 Jonathon Winter  New Zealand 24.13

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Brett Hawke  Australia 22.29 Q, GR
2 6 Mark Foster  England 22.45 Q
3 5 Ashley Callus  Australia 22.67 Q
4 3 Nicholas Folker  South Africa 23.23 Q
5 2 Chris Cozens  England 23.30
6 7 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou  Cyprus 23.38
7 1 Steven Evans  Wales 23.77
8 8 Alexis Militis  Jersey 23.92

Final

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The final was held on 4 August at 17:30.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Brett Hawke  Australia 22.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Mark Foster  England 22.47
4 6 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 22.49
5 2 Ashley Callus  Australia 22.67
6 1 Matt Kidd  England 22.93
7 7 Craig Hutchison  Canada 23.03
8 8 Nicholas Folker  South Africa 23.40

References

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  1. ^ "Results".
  2. ^ "Results".
  3. ^ "Results".