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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 2 and 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	2–3 August 2002
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:08.74
Medalists
Leisel Jones    Australia   Brooke Hanson    Australia   Sarah Poewe    South Africa
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	23 August 1999	[1]
Commonwealth record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	23 August 1999	[1]
Games record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:08.02	Victoria, Canada	22 August 1994	[1]

Results

Heats

Heats were held on 2 August.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.46	Q
2	1	4	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.82	Q
3	3	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.93	Q
4	3	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:09.94	Q
5	2	4	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:10.60	Q
6	1	3	Jaime King	England	1:10.78	Q
7	1	5	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.87	Q
8	3	3	Heidi Earp	England	1:11.28	Q
9	2	3	Kate Haywood	England	1:11.44	Q
10	3	6	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:11.95	Q
11	1	6	Emma Robinson	Northern Ireland	1:12.58	Q
12	2	6	Annamay Pierse	Canada	1:13.72	Q
13	2	2	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	1:14.08	Q
14	1	2	Lowri Tynan	Wales	1:14.35	Q
15	3	2	Georgia Holderness	Wales	1:14.36	Q
16	3	7	Natalie Bree	Jersey	1:15.96	Q
17	1	7	Rachel Ah Koy	Fiji	1:17.33
18	2	1	Gail Strobridge	Guernsey	1:18.89
19	1	1	Keren Visser	Malawi	1:26.51

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 2 August.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.31	Q
2	2	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.00	Q
3	1	4	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.19	Q
4	2	4	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.75	Q
5	2	3	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.95	Q
6	2	2	Kate Haywood	England	1:10.44	Q
7	2	6	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.68	Q
8	1	3	Jaime King	England	1:10.92	Q
9	1	2	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:11.06
10	1	6	Heidi Earp	England	1:11.27
11	1	7	Annamay Pierse	Canada	1:11.99
12	2	7	Emma Robinson	Northern Ireland	1:12.23
13	2	1	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	1:13.65
14	2	8	Georgia Holderness	Wales	1:13.80
15	1	1	Lowri Tynan	Wales	1:13.90
16	1	8	Natalie Bree	Jersey	1:15.23

Final

The final was held on 3 August.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.74
	5	Brooke Hanson	Australia	1:09.10
	2	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:09.29
4	3	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.63
5	6	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.92
6	7	Kate Haywood	England	1:10.20
7	1	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	1:10.61
8	8	Jaime King	England	1:11.45