Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Location	Manchester, England
Dates	25 July to 4 August 2002

Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the 17th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition was held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002.^[1]

There were 42 medal events: 21 events for both men and women.^[2] Australia topped the medal table by virtue of winning 27 gold medals.^[3]^[4]

Medal table

* Host nation (England)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	27	13	8	48
2	England*	10	8	14	32
3	South Africa	3	9	3	15
4	Scotland	1	2	2	5
5	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
6	Canada	0	8	10	18
7	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
7	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
9	Jamaica	0	0	2	2
10	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		42	42	42	126

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Roland Schoeman South Africa	22.33	Brett Hawke Australia	22.34	Mark Foster England	22.47
50 m EAD freestyle	Ben Austin (S8) Australia	27.59 (-0.34)	Philippe Gagnon (S10) Canada	25.04 =WR (0.00)	Benoît Huot (S10) Canada	25.07 (+0.03)
100 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia	48.73 GR	Ashley Callus Australia	49.45	Ryk Neethling South Africa	49.71
100 m EAD freestyle	Ben Austin (S8) Australia	1:00.21 WR (-1.26)	Scott Field (S13) South Africa	55.12 (-0.57)	David Roberts (S7) Wales	1:02.50 WR (-0.12 )
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia	1:44.71 GR	Grant Hackett Australia	1:46.13	Rick Say Canada	1:49.40
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia	3:40.08 WR	Grant Hackett Australia	3:43.48	Graeme Smith Scotland	3:49.40
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett Australia	14:54.29	Graeme Smith Scotland	15:07.19	Craig Stevens Australia	15:09.24
50 m backstroke	Matt Welsh Australia	25.65 GR	Alex Lim Malaysia	25.67	Gerhard Zandberg South Africa	25.89
100 m backstroke	Matt Welsh Australia	54.72 GR	Ian Thorpe Australia	55.38	Alex Lim Malaysia	55.44
200 m backstroke	James Goddard England	1:59.83	Gregor Tait Scotland	2:00.55	Simon Militis England	2:01.04
50 m breaststroke	James Gibson England	27.72	Adam Whitehead England	27.79	Darren Mew England	27.80
100 m breaststroke	Adam Whitehead England	1:01.13	Morgan Knabe Canada	1:01.23	James Gibson England	1:01.64
200 m breaststroke	Jim Piper Australia	2:13.10	Terence Parkin South Africa	2:13.34	Mike Brown Canada	2:13.82
50 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill Australia	23.57	Roland Schoeman South Africa	23.66	Mark Foster England	24.11
100 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill Australia	52.36 =GR	Mike Mintenko Canada	52.80	Adam Pine Australia	53.02
200 m butterfly	Justin Norris Australia	1:56.95 GR	Stephen Parry England	1:57.71	James Hickman England	1:58.55
200 m individual medley	Justin Norris Australia	2:01.32	Adrian Turner England	2:02.10	James Goddard England	2:02.48
400 m individual medley	Justin Norris Australia	4:16.95 GR	Brian Johns Canada	4:17.41	Adrian Turner England	4:18.75
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus (49.42) Todd Pearson (49.25) Grant Hackett (49.49) Ian Thorpe (48.26) Leon Dunne^[a] Adam Pine^[a]	3:16.42 GR	South Africa Roland Schoeman () Hendrik Odendaal () Lyndon Ferns () Ryk Neethling () Gerhard Zandberg^[a] Nicholas Folker^[a]	3:18.86	Canada Brent Hayden () Craig Hutchison () Matthew Rose () Rick Say () Brian Johns^[a]	3:19.39
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Grant Hackett (1:46.61) Leon Dunne (1:50.45) Jason Cram (1:49.81) Ian Thorpe (1:44.82)	7:11.69 GR	Canada Rick Say () Brian Johns () Mark Johnston () Mike Mintenko ()	7:17.17	England Adam Faulkner () James Salter () Stephen Parry () Simon Burnett ()	7:22.56
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Matt Welsh () Jim Piper () Geoff Huegill () Ian Thorpe ()	3:36.05 GR	England Adam Ruckwood () Adam Whitehead () James Hickman () Matthew Kidd ()	3:38.37	Canada Riley Janes () Morgan Knabe () Mike Mintenko () Brent Hayden ()	3:38.91

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alison Sheppard Scotland	24.76	Jodie Henry Australia	25.37	Toni Jeffs New Zealand	25.48
50 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit (S9) South Africa	29.68 (-1.06)	Stéphanie Dixon (S9) Canada	30.60 (-0.14)	Danielle Campo (S7) Canada	35.02 GR (+0.04)
100 m freestyle	Jodie Henry Australia	55.45	Helene Muller South Africa	55.60	Karen Legg England	55.86
100 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit (S9) South Africa	1:02.93 (-2.30)	Stéphanie Dixon (S9) Canada	1:05.05 (-0.18)	Kirby Cote (S13) Canada	1:01.76 GR (+1.88)
200 m freestyle	Karen Pickering England	1:59.69 GR	Karen Legg England	1:59.86	Elka Graham Australia Petria Thomas Australia	2:00.07
400 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England	4:09.49	Elka Graham Australia	4:11.47	Janelle Atkinson Jamaica	4:13.24
800 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England	8:28.54	Amanda Pascoe Australia	8:34.19	Janelle Atkinson Jamaica	8:36.23
50 m backstroke	Dyana Calub Australia	28.98 GR	Jennifer Carroll Canada	29.05	Sarah Price England	29.08
100 m backstroke	Sarah Price England	1:01.06 GR	Dyana Calub Australia	1:01.86	Giaan Rooney Australia	1:02.22
200 m backstroke	Sarah Price England	2:10.58 GR	Joanna Fargus England	2:11.60	Katy Sexton England	2:12.01
50 m breaststroke	Zoë Baker England	30.60	Sarah Poewe South Africa	31.73	Tarnee White Australia	31.74
100 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia	1:08.74	Brooke Hanson Australia	1:09.10	Sarah Poewe South Africa	1:09.29
200 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia	2:25.93	Sarah Poewe South Africa	2:27.47	Kelli Waite Australia	2:28.58
50 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia	26.66 GR	Nicole Irving Australia	27.13	Alison Sheppard Scotland	27.30
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia	58.57	Mandy Loots South Africa	59.68	Jen Button Canada	1:00.22
200 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia	2:08.40	Georgina Lee England	2:10.73	Margaretha Pedder England	2:11.60
200 m individual medley	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	2:14.53 GR	Jennifer Reilly Australia	2:14.99	Marianne Limpert Canada	2:15.07
400 m individual medley	Jennifer Reilly Australia	4:43.59	Elizabeth Van Welie New Zealand	4:44.56	Jessica Abbott Australia	4:47.11
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Alice Mills () Jodie Henry () Petria Thomas () Sarah Ryan ()	3:40.41 GR	England Melanie Marshall (56.08) Rosalind Brett (55.79) Karen Legg (54.87) Karen Pickering (54.73)	3:41.47	Canada Laura Nicholls () Marianne Limpert () Laura Pomeroy () Jessica Deglau ()	3:45.33
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	England Karen Legg (2:00.62) Georgina Lee (2:00.31) Jo Fargus (2:01.05) Karen Pickering (1:59.41)	8:01.39 GR	Australia Elka Graham (2:00.64) Giaan Rooney (2:00.05) Rebecca Creedy (2:01.43) Petria Thomas (1:59.79)	8:01.91	none awarded as there was only four teams competing.
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Dyana Calub (1:02.35) Leisel Jones (1:08.67) Petria Thomas (58.53) Jodie Henry (54.15)	4:03.70 GR	South Africa Charlene Wittstock (1:02.24) Sarah Poewe (1:07.95) Mandy Loots (59.26) Helene Muller (55.51)	4:05.06	England Sarah Price (1:01.62) Kate Haywood (1:09.53) Georgina Lee (59.67) Karen Legg (54.83)	4:05.65

References

^ "Medal Standings Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
^ "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[1] "Medal Standings Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[2] "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[3] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[4] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

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