Aquatics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Main article: 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		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Roland Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	22.33	Brett Hawke Australia (AUS)	22.34	Mark Foster England (ENG)	22.47
50 m EAD freestyle	Ben Austin (S8) Australia (AUS)	27.59 (-0.34)	Philippe Gagnon (S10) Canada (CAN)	25.04 =WR (0.00)	Benoît Huot (S10) Canada (CAN)	25.07 (+0.03)
100 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	48.73 GR	Ashley Callus Australia (AUS)	49.45	Ryk Neethling South Africa (RSA)	49.71
100 m EAD freestyle	Ben Austin (S8) Australia (AUS)	1:00.21 WR (-1.26)	Scott Field (S13) South Africa (RSA)	55.12 (-0.57)	David Roberts (S7) Wales (WAL)	1:02.50 WR (-0.12 )
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	1:44.71 GR	Grant Hackett Australia (AUS)	1:46.13	Rick Say Canada (CAN)	1:49.40
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	3:40.08 WR	Grant Hackett Australia (AUS)	3:43.48	Graeme Smith Scotland (SCO)	3:49.40
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett Australia (AUS)	14:54.29	Graeme Smith Scotland (SCO)	15:07.19	Craig Stevens Australia (AUS)	15:09.24
50 m backstroke	Matt Welsh Australia (AUS)	25.65 GR	Alex Lim Malaysia (MAS)	25.67	Gerhard Zandberg South Africa (RSA)	25.89
100 m backstroke	Matt Welsh Australia (AUS)	54.72 GR	Ian Thorpe Australia (AUS)	55.38	Alex Lim Malaysia (MAS)	55.44
200 m backstroke	James Goddard England (ENG)	1:59.83	Gregor Tait Scotland (SCO)	2:00.55	Simon Militis England (ENG)	2:01.04
50 m breaststroke	James Gibson England (ENG)	27.72	Adam Whitehead England (ENG)	27.79	Darren Mew England (ENG)	27.80
100 m breaststroke	Adam Whitehead England (ENG)	1:01.13	Morgan Knabe Canada (CAN)	1:01.23	James Gibson England (ENG)	1:01.64
200 m breaststroke	Jim Piper Australia (AUS)	2:13.10	Terence Parkin South Africa (RSA)	2:13.34	Mike Brown Canada (CAN)	2:13.82
50 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill Australia (AUS)	23.57	Roland Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	23.66	Mark Foster England (ENG)	24.11
100 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill Australia (AUS)	52.36 =GR	Mike Mintenko Canada (CAN)	52.80	Adam Pine Australia (AUS)	53.02
200 m butterfly	Justin Norris Australia (AUS)	1:56.95 GR	Stephen Parry England (ENG)	1:57.71	James Hickman England (ENG)	1:58.55
200 m individual medley	Justin Norris Australia (AUS)	2:01.32	Adrian Turner England (ENG)	2:02.10	James Goddard England (ENG)	2:02.48
400 m individual medley	Justin Norris Australia (AUS)	4:16.95 GR	Brian Johns Canada (CAN)	4:17.41	Adrian Turner England (ENG)	4:18.75
4×100 m freestyle relay	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	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	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		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alison Sheppard Scotland (SCO)	24.76	Jodie Henry Australia (AUS)	25.37	Toni Jeffs New Zealand (NZL)	25.48
50 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit (S9) South Africa (RSA)	29.68 (-1.06)	Stéphanie Dixon (S9) Canada (CAN)	30.60 (-0.14)	Danielle Campo (S7) Canada (CAN)	35.02 GR (+0.04)
100 m freestyle	Jodie Henry Australia (AUS)	55.45	Helene Muller South Africa (RSA)	55.60	Karen Legg England (ENG)	55.86
100 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit (S9) South Africa (RSA)	1:02.93 (-2.30)	Stéphanie Dixon (S9) Canada (CAN)	1:05.05 (-0.18)	Kirby Cote (S13) Canada (CAN)	1:01.76 GR (+1.88)
200 m freestyle	Karen Pickering England (ENG)	1:59.69 GR	Karen Legg England (ENG)	1:59.86	Elka Graham Australia (AUS)  Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	2:00.07
400 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England (ENG)	4:09.49	Elka Graham Australia (AUS)	4:11.47	Janelle Atkinson Jamaica (JAM)	4:13.24
800 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England (ENG)	8:28.54	Amanda Pascoe Australia (AUS)	8:34.19	Janelle Atkinson Jamaica (JAM)	8:36.23
50 m backstroke	Dyana Calub Australia (AUS)	28.98 GR	Jennifer Carroll Canada (CAN)	29.05	Sarah Price England (ENG)	29.08
100 m backstroke	Sarah Price England (ENG)	1:01.06 GR	Dyana Calub Australia (AUS)	1:01.86	Giaan Rooney Australia (AUS)	1:02.22
200 m backstroke	Sarah Price England (ENG)	2:10.58 GR	Joanna Fargus England (ENG)	2:11.60	Katy Sexton England (ENG)	2:12.01
50 m breaststroke	Zoë Baker England (ENG)	30.60	Sarah Poewe South Africa (RSA)	31.73	Tarnee White Australia (AUS)	31.74
100 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	1:08.74	Brooke Hanson Australia (AUS)	1:09.10	Sarah Poewe South Africa (RSA)	1:09.29
200 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	2:25.93	Sarah Poewe South Africa (RSA)	2:27.47	Kelli Waite Australia (AUS)	2:28.58
50 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	26.66 GR	Nicole Irving Australia (AUS)	27.13	Alison Sheppard Scotland (SCO)	27.30
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	58.57	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	59.68	Jen Button Canada (CAN)	1:00.22
200 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	2:08.40	Georgina Lee England (ENG)	2:10.73	Margaretha Pedder England (ENG)	2:11.60
200 m individual medley	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2:14.53 GR	Jennifer Reilly Australia (AUS)	2:14.99	Marianne Limpert Canada (CAN)	2:15.07
400 m individual medley	Jennifer Reilly Australia (AUS)	4:43.59	Elizabeth Van Welie New Zealand (NZL)	4:44.56	Jessica Abbott Australia (AUS)	4:47.11
4×100 m freestyle relay	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	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.
4×100 m medley relay	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		Silver		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

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

References

• 2002 Commonwealth Game Results