The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 1 August Semifinal Ian Thorpe 49.31 GR 2 August Final Ian Thorpe 48.73 GR
Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 49.76 Q 2 3 5 50.00 Q 3 3 4 50.07 Q 4 4 4 50.16 Q 5 4 3 50.17 Q 6 3 6 50.54 Q 7 5 3 50.59 Q 8 4 6 50.89 Q 9 3 3 51.17 Q 10 4 5 51.19 Q 11 3 2 51.96 Q 12 5 2 52.41 Q 13 4 7 52.45 Q, 14 5 1 52.74 Q 15 3 1 52.77 Q 16 5 7 52.80 Q 17 4 2 52.89 18 3 7 53.21 19 4 1 53.32 20 5 8 53.90 21 2 2 54.22 22 2 4 54.72 23 3 8 54.86 24 4 8 54.90 25 1 4 55.38 26 2 5 55.50 27 1 5 55.56 28 1 6 55.67 29 1 2 56.23 30 2 7 56.52 31 2 6 56.56 32 2 1 56.74 33 2 3 56.75 34 1 3 57.29 35 1 7 58.77 36 2 8 1:00.07 37 1 1 1:04.17
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 49.72 Q 2 5 50.05 Q 3 3 50.28 Q 4 2 50.60 Q 5 6 51.00 6 8 52.49 7 7 52.82 8 1 52.89
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 49.31 Q, GR 2 6 49.91 Q 3 5 50.13 Q 4 3 50.45 Q 5 2 51.44 6 7 52.35 7 8 52.49 8 1 52.63
Final The final was held on 2 August at 19:25. Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 4 48.73 GR 6 49.45 3 49.71 4 5 49.99 5 2 50.12 6 1 50.17 7 7 50.40 8 8 51.00
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