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

The Women's 100 metres freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 31 July-1 August. The heats and the semi were held on 31 July, the final on 1 August.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
| World record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 53.77 | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Sue Rolph (ENG) | 55.17 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 12 September 1998 |

## Results
### Heats

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 55.79 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 56.04 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Karen Legg | England | 56.22 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 56.36 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 56.43 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 56.64 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Marshall | England | 56.65 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Karen Pickering | England | 56.74 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.86 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 56.94 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 57.30 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Mandy Leach | Zimbabwe | 57.36 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 57.49 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada | 57.51 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 57.72 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Julie Douglas | Northern Ireland | 57.84 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Leah Martindale | Barbados | 57.88 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 57.97 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Angela Chuck | Jamaica | 58.44 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Mackenzie Howe | Wales | 58.62 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Julia Martin | Wales | 59.10 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 59.58 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Linda McEachrane | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.60 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Nikia Deveaux | Bahamas | 1:00.79 | |
| 25 | 5 | 8 | Sharntelle McLean | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:00.99 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Emily Crookall-Nixon | Isle of Man | 1:01.10 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Gail Strobridge | Guernsey | 1:01.71 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Elaine Reyes | Gibraltar | 1:02.31 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Kiera Aitken | Bermuda | 1:03.50 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Nathalie Lee Baw | Mauritius | 1:04.23 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Keren Lee Visser | Malawi | 1:05.14 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Ursula Kuenzli | Zambia | 1:07.32 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Sana Abdul Wahid | Pakistan | 1:10.34 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda | Uganda | 1:11.03 | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.
| Rank | Semi-final | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 55.43 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Karen Legg | England | 55.94 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 56.05 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 56.07 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Karen Pickering | England | 56.10 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 56.10 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Melanie Marshall | England | 56.27 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 56.45 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.46 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Mandy Leach | Zimbabwe | 56.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 57.13 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada | 57.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 57.59 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Julie Douglas | Northern Ireland | 57.96 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 58.11 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 58.27 | |

### Final

The final was held on 1 August at 19:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 55.45 |
| | 3 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 55.60 |
| | 5 | Karen Legg | England | 55.86 |
| 4 | 2 | Karen Pickering | England | 55.95 |
| 5 | 8 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 55.99 |
| 6 | 7 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 56.05 |
| 7 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | England | 56.19 |
| 8 | 6 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 56.20 |