# Aquatics at the 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)

## 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 22.33 | Brett Hawke Australia | 22.34 | Mark Foster England | 22.47 |
| 50 m EAD freestyle details | 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 details | Ian Thorpe Australia | 48.73 GR | Ashley Callus Australia | 49.45 | Ryk Neethling South Africa | 49.71 |
| 100 m EAD freestyle details | 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 details | Ian Thorpe Australia | 1:44.71 GR | Grant Hackett Australia | 1:46.13 | Rick Say Canada | 1:49.40 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ian Thorpe Australia | 3:40.08 WR | Grant Hackett Australia | 3:43.48 | Graeme Smith Scotland | 3:49.40 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 14:54.29 | Graeme Smith Scotland | 15:07.19 | Craig Stevens Australia | 15:09.24 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Matt Welsh Australia | 25.65 GR | Alex Lim Malaysia | 25.67 | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 25.89 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Matt Welsh Australia | 54.72 GR | Ian Thorpe Australia | 55.38 | Alex Lim Malaysia | 55.44 |
| 200 m backstroke details | James Goddard England | 1:59.83 | Gregor Tait Scotland | 2:00.55 | Simon Militis England | 2:01.04 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | James Gibson England | 27.72 | Adam Whitehead England | 27.79 | Darren Mew England | 27.80 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Adam Whitehead England | 1:01.13 | Morgan Knabe Canada | 1:01.23 | James Gibson England | 1:01.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Jim Piper Australia | 2:13.10 | Terence Parkin South Africa | 2:13.34 | Mike Brown Canada | 2:13.82 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Geoff Huegill Australia | 23.57 | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 23.66 | Mark Foster England | 24.11 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Geoff Huegill Australia | 52.36 =GR | Mike Mintenko Canada | 52.80 | Adam Pine Australia | 53.02 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Justin Norris Australia | 1:56.95 GR | Stephen Parry England | 1:57.71 | James Hickman England | 1:58.55 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Justin Norris Australia | 2:01.32 | Adrian Turner England | 2:02.10 | James Goddard England | 2:02.48 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Justin Norris Australia | 4:16.95 GR | Brian Johns Canada | 4:17.41 | Adrian Turner England | 4:18.75 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Ashley Callus (49.42) Todd Pearson (49.25) Grant Hackett (49.49) Ian Thorpe (48.26) Leon Dunne Adam Pine | 3:16.42 GR | South Africa (RSA) Roland Schoeman Hendrik Odendaal Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Gerhard Zandberg Nicholas Folker | 3:18.86 | Canada (CAN) Brent Hayden Craig Hutchison Matthew Rose Rick Say Brian Johns | 3:19.39 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Alison Sheppard Scotland | 24.76 | Jodie Henry Australia | 25.37 | Toni Jeffs New Zealand | 25.48 |
| 50 m EAD freestyle details | 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 details | Jodie Henry Australia | 55.45 | Helene Muller South Africa | 55.60 | Karen Legg England | 55.86 |
| 100 m EAD freestyle details | 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 details | 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 details | Rebecca Cooke England | 4:09.49 | Elka Graham Australia | 4:11.47 | Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 4:13.24 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Rebecca Cooke England | 8:28.54 | Amanda Pascoe Australia | 8:34.19 | Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 8:36.23 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Dyana Calub Australia | 28.98 GR | Jennifer Carroll Canada | 29.05 | Sarah Price England | 29.08 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Sarah Price England | 1:01.06 GR | Dyana Calub Australia | 1:01.86 | Giaan Rooney Australia | 1:02.22 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Sarah Price England | 2:10.58 GR | Joanna Fargus England | 2:11.60 | Katy Sexton England | 2:12.01 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Zoë Baker England | 30.60 | Sarah Poewe South Africa | 31.73 | Tarnee White Australia | 31.74 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 1:08.74 | Brooke Hanson Australia | 1:09.10 | Sarah Poewe South Africa | 1:09.29 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 2:25.93 | Sarah Poewe South Africa | 2:27.47 | Kelli Waite Australia | 2:28.58 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Petria Thomas Australia | 26.66 GR | Nicole Irving Australia | 27.13 | Alison Sheppard Scotland | 27.30 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Petria Thomas Australia | 58.57 | Mandy Loots South Africa | 59.68 | Jen Button Canada | 1:00.22 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Petria Thomas Australia | 2:08.40 | Georgina Lee England | 2:10.73 | Margaretha Pedder England | 2:11.60 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:14.53 GR | Jennifer Reilly Australia | 2:14.99 | Marianne Limpert Canada | 2:15.07 |
| 400 m individual medley details | 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 details | 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 details | 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. | none awarded as there was only four teams competing. |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |