Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 1 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 26 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 22.33 | |||||||||
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 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
World record | ![]() |
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 |
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3 August | Semifinal | Roland Schoeman | ![]() |
22.52 | GR |
3 August | Semifinal | Brett Hawke | ![]() |
22.29 | GR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]
Semifinals
[edit]The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Roland Schoeman | ![]() |
22.52 | Q, GR |
2 | 5 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() |
22.62 | Q |
3 | 3 | Craig Hutchison | ![]() |
22.96 | Q |
4 | 6 | Matt Kidd | ![]() |
23.06 | Q |
5 | 2 | Matthew Rose | ![]() |
23.32 | |
6 | 7 | Stavros Michaelides | ![]() |
23.66 | |
7 | 8 | Ryan Pini | ![]() |
24.10 | |
8 | 1 | Jonathon Winter | ![]() |
24.13 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Brett Hawke | ![]() |
22.29 | Q, GR |
2 | 6 | Mark Foster | ![]() |
22.45 | Q |
3 | 5 | Ashley Callus | ![]() |
22.67 | Q |
4 | 3 | Nicholas Folker | ![]() |
23.23 | Q |
5 | 2 | Chris Cozens | ![]() |
23.30 | |
6 | 7 | Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou | ![]() |
23.38 | |
7 | 1 | Steven Evans | ![]() |
23.77 | |
8 | 8 | Alexis Militis | ![]() |
23.92 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 4 August at 17:30.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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3 | Roland Schoeman | ![]() |
22.33 | |
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4 | Brett Hawke | ![]() |
22.34 | |
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5 | Mark Foster | ![]() |
22.47 | |
4 | 6 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() |
22.49 | |
5 | 2 | Ashley Callus | ![]() |
22.67 | |
6 | 1 | Matt Kidd | ![]() |
22.93 | |
7 | 7 | Craig Hutchison | ![]() |
23.03 | |
8 | 8 | Nicholas Folker | ![]() |
23.40 |