Aquatics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Main article: 2002 Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	25 July–4 August 2002

The Aquatics' events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England. The sports featured 54 events in three disciplines:

• Diving (6)
• Swimming (42)
• Synchronized Swimming (2)

Diving

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada	Tony Ally England	Steven Barnett Australia
3 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada	Tony Ally England	Robert Newbery Australia
10 m platform	Peter Waterfield England	Leon Taylor England	Alexandre Despatie Canada

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Irina Lashko Australia	Blythe Hartley Canada	Jane Smith England
3 m springboard	Irina Lashko Australia	Émilie Heymans Canada	Jane Smith England
10 m platform	Loudy Tourky Australia	Émilie Heymans Canada	Blythe Hartley Canada

Swimming

Men

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 (AUS) 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 (RSA) Roland Schoeman () Hendrik Odendaal () Lyndon Ferns () Ryk Neethling () Gerhard Zandberg[a] Nicholas Folker[a]	3:18.86	Canada (CAN) Brent Hayden () Craig Hutchison () Matthew Rose () Rick Say () Brian Johns[a]	3:19.39
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) 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 (CAN) Rick Say () Brian Johns () Mark Johnston () Mike Mintenko ()	7:17.17	England (ENG) Adam Faulkner () James Salter () Stephen Parry () Simon Burnett ()	7:22.56
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh () Jim Piper () Geoff Huegill () Ian Thorpe ()	3:36.05 GR	England (ENG) Adam Ruckwood () Adam Whitehead () James Hickman () Matthew Kidd ()	3:38.37	Canada (CAN) 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 (AUS) Alice Mills () Jodie Henry () Petria Thomas () Sarah Ryan ()	3:40.41 GR	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall (56.08) Rosalind Brett (55.79) Karen Legg (54.87) Karen Pickering (54.73)	3:41.47	Canada (CAN) Laura Nicholls () Marianne Limpert () Laura Pomeroy () Jessica Deglau ()	3:45.33
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	England (ENG) 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 (AUS) 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 (AUS) Dyana Calub (1:02.35) Leisel Jones (1:08.67) Petria Thomas (58.53) Jodie Henry (54.15)	4:03.70 GR	South Africa (RSA) Charlene Wittstock (1:02.24) Sarah Poewe (1:07.95) Mandy Loots (59.26) Helene Muller (55.51)	4:05.06	England (ENG) Sarah Price (1:01.62) Kate Haywood (1:09.53) Georgina Lee (59.67) Karen Legg (54.83)	4:05.65

Synchronised swimming

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Solo	Claire Carver-Dias Canada	93.834	Gayle Adamson England	87.917	Naomi Young Australia	85.834
Duet	Claire Carver-Dias and Fanny Létourneau Canada	94.417	Gayle Adamson & Katie Hooper England	88.167	Ashleigh Rudder & Naomi Young Australia	85.917

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

References

• 2002 Commonwealth Game Results