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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates2 August (heats, semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors38 from 25 nations
Winning time24.76
Medalists
gold medal    Scotland
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    New Zealand
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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

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record  Inge De Bruijn (NED) 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
2 August Heats Alice Mills  Australia 25.65 GR
2 August Heats Alison Sheppard  Scotland 24.68 GR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 2 August, starting at 11:32.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 5 4 Alison Sheppard  Scotland 24.68 Q, GR
2 5 3 Toni Jeffs  New Zealand 25.43 Q
3 4 5 Alice Mills  Australia 25.65 Q, GR
4 4 4 Jodie Henry  Australia 25.86 Q
5 3 2 Laura Pomeroy  Canada 25.92 Q
6 5 5 Rosalind Brett  England 25.93 Q
7 4 6 Laura Nicholls  Canada 25.94 Q
8 4 3 Vivienne Rignall  New Zealand 26.01 Q
9 3 4 Sarah Ryan  Australia 26.28 Q
5 6 Catrin Davies  Wales Q
11 3 6 Sarah Whewell  England 26.32 Q
5 2 Helene Muller  South Africa Q
5 3 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore Q
14 3 5 Melanie Marshall  England 26.34 Q
15 4 7 Caroline Pickering  Fiji 26.36 Q
16 3 3 Julie Douglas  Northern Ireland 26.38 Q
17 4 2 Leah Martindale  Barbados 26.47
18 4 1 Samantha McNeilly  Scotland 26.51
19 5 1 Jenna Gresdal  Canada 26.57
20 5 7 Mandy Leach  Zimbabwe 26.74
21 3 1 Linda McEachrane  Trinidad and Tobago 27.00
22 4 8 Sharntelle McLean  Trinidad and Tobago 27.09
2 1 Angela Chuck  Jamaica
24 5 8 Julia Martin  Wales 27.20
25 2 7 Tamara Swaby  Jamaica 27.25
26 2 6 Nikia Deveaux  Bahamas 27.35
27 2 5 Karla Hancocks  Wales 27.45
28 2 3 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 27.65
29 2 8 Emma Hirst  Jersey 27.88
30 2 2 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 28.05
31 1 4 Emily Crookall-Nixon  Isle of Man 28.60
32 1 6 Elaine Reyes  Gibraltar 29.18
33 1 3 Tanya Anacleto  Mozambique 29.37
34 1 7 Rachel Fortunato  Gibraltar 29.51
35 1 2 Nathalie Lee Baw  Mauritius 29.52
36 1 5 Sana Abdul Wahid  Pakistan 30.73
37 1 8 Ursula Kuenzli  Zambia 30.75
38 1 1 Olivia Aya Nakitanda  Uganda 31.16

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 2 August at 19:53.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 5 Jodie Henry  Australia 25.47 Q
2 4 Toni Jeffs  New Zealand 25.63 Q
3 3 Rosalind Brett  England 25.93 Q
4 6 Vivienne Rignall  New Zealand 26.05 Q
5 2 Catrin Davies  Wales 26.08 Q
6 7 Helene Muller  South Africa 26.10
7 8 Julie Douglas  Northern Ireland 26.33
8 1 Melanie Marshall  England 26.46

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Alison Sheppard  Scotland 24.79 Q,
2 5 Alice Mills  Australia 25.64 Q
3 3 Laura Pomeroy  Canada 25.85 Q
4 6 Laura Nicholls  Canada 26.09
5 2 Sarah Ryan  Australia 26.15
6 7 Sarah Whewell  England 26.19
7 1 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 26.20
8 8 Caroline Pickering  Fiji 26.39

Final

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The final was held on 3 August at 19:04.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Alison Sheppard  Scotland 24.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jodie Henry  Australia 25.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Toni Jeffs  New Zealand 25.48
4 6 Alice Mills  Australia 25.81
5 2 Laura Pomeroy  Canada 25.99
6 1 Vivienne Rignall  New Zealand 26.02
7 7 Rosalind Brett  England 26.03
8 8 Catrin Davies  Wales 26.54

References

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  1. ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
  2. ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.
  3. ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com.