# Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place between 2 August 2002 and 3 August 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre.

## Schedule

All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 10:00 | Heat 1 |
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 10:03 | Heat 2 |
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 10:06 | Heat 3 |
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 19:06 | Semifinal 1 |
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 19:09 | Semifinal 2 |
| Saturday, 3 August 2002 | 19:16 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ed Moses | United States | 27.39 | Austin | 31 March 2001 |
| Games record | First time held | First time held | First time held | First time held | First time held |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 2 August | Heats | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 28.95 | GR |
| 2 August | Heats | James Gibson | England | 28.42 | GR |
| 2 August | Heats | Darren Mew | England | 27.99 | GR |
| 2 August | Semifinals | James Gibson | England | 27.56 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held the morning session on 2 August.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Darren Mew | England | 27.99 | Q GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | James Gibson | England | 28.42 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Adam Whitehead | England | 28.64 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 28.95 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 29.06 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 29.55 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Jim Piper | Australia | 29.96 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Andrei Cross | Barbados | 30.07 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 30.54 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Travano McPhee | Bahamas | 31.05 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Dave Batty | Isle of Man | 31.25 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Eric Williams | Nigeria | 31.37 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin | Nigeria | 31.40 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Graham Smith | Bermuda | 31.60 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Mohammad Niaz Ali | Bangladesh | 32.09 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Jamie Zammitt | Gibraltar | 32.98 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Chisela Kanchela | Zambia | 33.07 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Gavin Santos | Gibraltar | 34.26 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Joel Kisuule | Uganda | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held the evening session on 2 August.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | James Gibson | England | 27.56 | Q GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Darren Mew | England | 27.57 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 28.36 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Adam Whitehead | England | 28.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 28.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | Australia | 28.93 | Q WD |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Andrei Cross | Barbados | 29.96 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Jim Piper | Australia | 30.03 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 30.24 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Travano McPhee | Bahamas | 30.90 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Dave Batty | Isle of Man | 31.24 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin | Nigeria | 31.54 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Graham Smith | Bermuda | 31.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Eric Williams | Nigeria | 31.67 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Mohammad Niaz Ali | Bangladesh | 32.13 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jamie Zammitt | Gibraltar | 32.69 | |

### Final

The final were held the evening session on 3 August.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | James Gibson | England | 27.72 |
| | 6 | Adam Whitehead | England | 27.79 |
| | 5 | Darren Mew | England | 27.80 |
| 4 | 2 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 28.64 |
| 5 | 3 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 28.67 |
| 6 | 7 | Andrei Cross | Barbados | 29.73 |
| 7 | 8 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 30.38 |
| 8 | 1 | Jim Piper | Australia | 30.45 |