The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 3 August Semifinal Roland Schoeman 22.52 GR 3 August Semifinal Brett Hawke 22.29 GR
Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 22.67 Q 2 7 4 22.88 Q 3 6 4 22.93 Q 4 5 5 23.10 Q 5 7 3 23.26 Q 6 5 6 23.27 Q7 7 5 23.33 Q 6 5 Q 9 6 6 23.37 Q 10 7 6 23.43 Q 11 7 2 23.59 Q12 6 2 23.61 Q 6 8 Q, 14 7 7 23.66 Q 15 5 2 23.80 Q 16 4 5 23.89 Q 17 4 7 23.91 18 6 3 23.93 19 5 3 24.04 20 5 1 24.08 21 6 1 24.21 22 5 7 24.29 23 4 3 24.37 24 4 6 24.42 25 7 1 24.43 5 8 27 7 8 24.55 4 4 29 4 8 24.63 30 2 4 24.67 31 6 8 24.70 32 4 1 24.79 33 3 4 24.87 34 4 2 24.96 35 2 5 25.14 36 3 5 25.27 37 3 7 25.46 38 3 2 25.48 39 3 3 25.52 40 3 1 25.58 41 3 6 25.59 42 3 8 25.82 43 2 6 26.00 44 2 3 26.35 45 2 7 26.50 46 2 1 26.61 47 2 8 27.24 48 1 5 27.36 49 2 2 27.44 50 1 3 32.08 - 1 -
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 22.52 Q, GR 2 5 22.62 Q 3 3 22.96 Q 4 6 23.06 Q 5 2 23.32 6 7 23.66 7 8 24.10 8 1 24.13
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 22.29 Q, GR 2 6 22.45 Q 3 5 22.67 Q 4 3 23.23 Q 5 2 23.30 6 7 23.38 7 1 23.77 8 8 23.92
Final The final was held on 4 August at 17:30. Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 3 22.33 4 22.34 5 22.47 4 6 22.49 5 2 22.67 6 1 22.93 7 7 23.03 8 8 23.40
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