Aquatics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Main article: 2002 Commonwealth Games

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)

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

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