# Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Inge De Bruijn (NED) | 24.13 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | | | | |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 2 August | Heats | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.65 | GR |
| 2 August | Heats | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 24.68 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 2 August, starting at 11:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 24.68 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 25.43 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.65 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.86 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada | 25.92 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Rosalind Brett | England | 25.93 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 25.94 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 26.01 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 26.28 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 26.28 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Sarah Whewell | England | 26.32 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 26.32 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 26.32 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Melanie Marshall | England | 26.34 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 26.36 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Julie Douglas | Northern Ireland | 26.38 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Leah Martindale | Barbados | 26.47 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Samantha McNeilly | Scotland | 26.51 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 26.57 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Mandy Leach | Zimbabwe | 26.74 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Linda McEachrane | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.00 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Sharntelle McLean | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.09 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Angela Chuck | Jamaica | 27.09 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Julia Martin | Wales | 27.20 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Tamara Swaby | Jamaica | 27.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Nikia Deveaux | Bahamas | 27.35 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Karla Hancocks | Wales | 27.45 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 27.65 | |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Emma Hirst | Jersey | 27.88 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Kiera Aitken | Bermuda | 28.05 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Emily Crookall-Nixon | Isle of Man | 28.60 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Elaine Reyes | Gibraltar | 29.18 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Tanya Anacleto | Mozambique | 29.37 | |
| 34 | 1 | 7 | Rachel Fortunato | Gibraltar | 29.51 | |
| 35 | 1 | 2 | Nathalie Lee Baw | Mauritius | 29.52 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Sana Abdul Wahid | Pakistan | 30.73 | |
| 37 | 1 | 8 | Ursula Kuenzli | Zambia | 30.75 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda | Uganda | 31.16 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 2 August at 19:53.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.47 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 25.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Rosalind Brett | England | 25.93 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 26.05 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 26.08 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 26.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Julie Douglas | Northern Ireland | 26.33 | |
| 8 | 1 | Melanie Marshall | England | 26.46 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 24.79 | Q, |
| 2 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.64 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada | 25.85 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 26.09 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 26.15 | |
| 6 | 7 | Sarah Whewell | England | 26.19 | |
| 7 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 26.20 | |
| 8 | 8 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 26.39 | |

### Final

The final was held on 3 August at 19:04.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Alison Sheppard | Scotland | 24.76 |
| | 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.37 |
| | 3 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 25.48 |
| 4 | 6 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.81 |
| 5 | 2 | Laura Pomeroy | Canada | 25.99 |
| 6 | 1 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 26.02 |
| 7 | 7 | Rosalind Brett | England | 26.03 |
| 8 | 8 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 26.54 |