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

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place between 31 July 2002 and 1 August 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre.

## Schedule

All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 10:24 | Heat 1 |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 10:27 | Heat 2 |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 10:30 | Heat 3 |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 10:33 | Heat 4 |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 19:58 | Semifinal 1 |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 20:05 | Semifinal 2 |
| Thursday, 1 August 2002 | 20:20 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Roman Sludnov | Russia | 59.94 | Fukuoka | 23 July 2001 |
| Games record | Adrian Moorhouse | England | 1:01.49 | Auckland | 25 January 1990 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 31 July | Semifinals | Adam Whitehead | England | 1:01.05 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held the morning session on 31 July.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:01.79 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Adam Whitehead | England | 1:02.03 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 1:02.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Michael Brown | Canada | 1:02.69 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Ian Edmond | Scotland | 1:02.79 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Jim Piper | Australia | 1:02.88 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | James Gibson | England | 1:02.93 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:03.25 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Andrew Bree | Northern Ireland | 1:03.27 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Regan Harrison | Australia | 1:03.31 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Darren Mew | England | 1:03.34 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:03.43 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | John Stamhuis | Canada | 1:04.52 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Michael Williamson | Northern Ireland | 1:04.70 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 1:05.82 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Andrei Cross | Barbados | 1:06.23 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Graham Smith | Bermuda | 1:08.32 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Travano McPhee | Bahamas | 1:09.29 | |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Conrad Francis | Sri Lanka | 1:10.46 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Eric Williams | Nigeria | 1:10.89 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Karar Samedul Islam | Bangladesh | 1:10.97 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Gavin Santos | Gibraltar | 1:13.27 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Chisela Kanchela | Zambia | 1:13.32 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Rory Buck | Malawi | 1:16.02 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Jamie Zammitt | Gibraltar | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 4 | 1 | Mohammad Niaz Ali | Bangladesh | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held the evening session on 31 July.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Adam Whitehead | England | 1:01.05 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Darren Mew | England | 1:01.66 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | James Gibson | England | 1:01.82 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:02.00 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:02.33 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 1:02.62 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jim Piper | Australia | 1:02.68 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Michael Brown | Canada | 1:02.70 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Regan Harrison | Australia | 1:02.81 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Ian Edmond | Scotland | 1:02.94 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Justin Norris | Australia | 1:03.34 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Andrew Bree | Northern Ireland | 1:03.45 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | John Stamhuis | Canada | 1:04.44 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Michael Williamson | Northern Ireland | 1:04.90 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Wickus Nienaber | Swaziland | 1:05.16 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Andrei Cross | Barbados | 1:06.07 | |

### Final

The final were held the evening session on 1 August.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Adam Whitehead | England | 1:01.13 |
| | 6 | Morgan Knabe | Canada | 1:01.23 |
| | 3 | James Gibson | England | 1:01.64 |
| 4 | 5 | Darren Mew | England | 1:01.87 |
| 5 | 2 | Brett Petersen | South Africa | 1:02.14 |
| 6 | 8 | Michael Brown | Canada | 1:02.58 |
| 7 | 1 | Jim Piper | Australia | 1:02.68 |
| 8 | 7 | Terence Parkin | South Africa | 1:02.74 |