# Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle

The Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

## Classification

The events were run on a multi-disability format, which included both physically disabled and visually impaired swimmers i.e. the International Paralympic Committee’s Swimming Classification S1 – S13.
* Classes S1 – S10 are allocated to swimmers with a physical disability ranging from swimmers with a severe disability (S1) to those with a minimal disability (S10).
* Classes S11 – S13 are allocated to swimmers with a visual impairment ranging from swimmers with no vision or may have light perception (S11) to those with some visual acuity (S13).

## Format

All classes, 1 through 13 swan together in 3 heats and a final event. Positions were determined by each athlete’s time relative to the current world record for the appropriate classification of the swimmer. This may have meant that the swimmer touching first may not have been the winner.
World records were time standardised to identify both the finalists and medal winners throughout the competition. This meant that the same ‘time marker’ was used in the heats and the final irrespective of whether the world record had been broken during the course of competition.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows;
| Class | Name | Time | Location | Date |
| S1 | Itzhak Mamistalov (ISR) | 2:32.70 | Stockholm, Sweden | 5 August 2001 |
| S2 | Curtis Lovejoy (USA) | 2:10.48 | Sydney, Australia | 26 October 2000 |
| S3 | Kenneth Cairns (SCO) | 1:54.03 | Greve, Denmark | 11 March 2000 |
| S4 | Richard Oribe (ESP) | 1:25.92 | Sydney, Australia | 26 October 2000 |
| S5 | Sebastián Rodríguez (ESP) | 1:17.21 | Spain | 27 July 2002 |
| S6 | Jianhua Yin (CHN) | 1:08.10 | Sydney, Australia | 26 October 2000 |
| S7 | | 1:02.62 | | |
| S8 | | 1:01.47 | | |
| S9 | Xiaoming Xiong (CHN) | 58.62 | Sydney, Australia | 25 October 2000 |
| S10 | | 53.84 | | |
| S11 | John Morgan (USA) | 56.67 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 9 August 1986 |
| S12 | John Morgan (USA) | 56.22 | New York City, United States | 18 June 1984 |
| S13 | | 55.69 | | |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Class | Name | Nationality | Time | Result | Record |
| 3 August | Heats | S3 | Kenneth Cairns | Scotland | 1:57.77 | +3.74 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S6 | Gareth Duke | Wales | 1:18.08 | +9.98 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S7 | David Roberts | Wales | 1:02.77 | +0.15 | GR |
| 3 August | Final | S7 | David Roberts | Wales | 1:02.50 | -0.12 | WR |
| 3 August | Heats | S8 | Ben Austin | Australia | 1:00.27 | -1.20 | WR |
| 3 August | Final | S8 | Ben Austin | Australia | 1:00.21 | -1.26 | WR |
| 3 August | Heats | S8 | Kong Thye Kwong | Malaysia | 1:26.33 | +24.86 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S9 | James Crisp | England | 1:00.44 | +1.82 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S10 | Benoît Huot | Canada | 55.25 | +1.41 | GR |
| 3 August | Final | S10 | Benoît Huot | Canada | 53.76 | -0.08 | WR |
| 3 August | Heats | S10 | Philippe Gagnon | Canada | 54.64 | +0.80 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S11 | Ou Dona | Papua New Guinea | 1:36.04 | +39.37 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S12 | Darren Leach | England | 58.34 | +2.12 | GR |
| 3 August | Final | S12 | Darren Leach | England | 57.60 | +1.38 | GR |
| 3 August | Heats | S13 | Scott Field | South Africa | 55.03 | -0.66 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Class | Nationality | Time | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Ben Austin | S8 | Australia | 1:00.27 | -1.20 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Scott Field | S13 | South Africa | 55.03 | -0.66 | Q, WR |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | David Roberts | S7 | Wales | 1:02.77 | +0.15 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Philippe Gagnon | S10 | Canada | 54.64 | +0.80 | Q, GR |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Benoît Huot | S10 | Canada | 55.25 | +1.41 | Q, GR |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | James Crisp | S9 | England | 1:00.44 | +1.82 | Q, GR |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Darren Leach | S12 | England | 58.34 | +2.12 | Q, GR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Ian Sharpe | S12 | Isle of Man | 59.93 | +3.71 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Kenneth Cairns | S3 | Scotland | 1:57.77 | +3.74 | GR |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Alex Harris | S7 | Australia | 1:06.71 | +4.09 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Andrew Lindsay | S7 | Scotland | 1:09.25 | +6.63 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Gareth Duke | S6 | Wales | 1:18.08 | +9.98 | GR |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Yusup Dewa | S6 | Malaysia | 1:23.84 | +15.74 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Meng Ee Wong | S12 | Singapore | 1:12.24 | +16.02 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Abdulgani Ashur Abeid | S10 | Kenya | 1:18.26 | +24.42 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Kong Thye Kwong | S8 | Malaysia | 1:26.33 | +24.86 | GR |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Ou Dona | S11 | Papua New Guinea | 1:36.04 | +39.37 | GR |

### Final

The final was held on 3 August at 20:25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Class | Nation | Time | Result | Notes |
| | 4 | Ben Austin | S8 | Australia | 1:00.21 | -1.26 | WR |
| | 5 | Scott Field | S13 | South Africa | 55.12 | -0.57 | |
| | 3 | David Roberts | S7 | Wales | 1:02.50 | -0.12 | WR |
| 4 | 2 | Benoît Huot | S10 | Canada | 53.76 | -0.08 | WR |
| 5 | 6 | Philippe Gagnon | S10 | Canada | 54.65 | +0.81 | |
| 6 | 1 | Darren Leach | S12 | England | 57.60 | +1.38 | GR |
| 7 | 7 | James Crisp | S9 | England | 1:00.88 | +2.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ian Sharpe | S12 | Isle of Man | 1:00.25 | +4.03 | |