| Event: | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Games: | 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 54.72 |
| Gold: | Matt Welsh |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Ian Thorpe |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Alex Lim |
| Bronzenoc: | MAS |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
The Men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place between 2 August 2002 and 3 August 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre.
All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 2 August 2002 | 11:16 | Heat 1 | |||
| 11:19 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 10:23 | Heat 3 | ||||
| 10:26 | Heat 4 | ||||
| 19:46 | Semifinal 1 | ||||
| 19:50 | Semifinal 2 | ||||
| Saturday, 3 August 2002 | 19:58 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Lenny Krayzelburg | 53.60 | Sydney | 24 August 1999 | ||
| Games record | Mark Versfeld | 55.52 | Kuala Lumpur | 16 September 1998 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held the morning session on 2 August.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Matt Welsh | 56.35 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | 56.45 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Adam Ruckwood | 56.87 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Ethan Rolff | 57.04 | Q | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Martin Harris | 57.06 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Gerhard Zandberg | 57.09 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Gregor Tait | 57.23 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Nicholas Neckles | 57.49 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Tobias Oriwol | 57.70 | Q | ||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Simon Burnett | 57.79 | Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Alex Lim | 57.88 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 6 | James Veldman | 58.20 | Q | ||
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Riley Janes | 58.41 | Q | ||
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Cameron Gibson | 58.50 | Q | ||
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Andrew Mackay | 59.66 | Q | ||
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Ramon James | Q | |||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Ron Cowen | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Dane Harrop | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Ian Powell | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Jonathon Le Noury | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Folahan Oluwole | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Rubel Rana | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Jamie Zammitt | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Jean Francois Wai Choon | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 4 | Kabir Walia | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 1 | Roy-Allan Burch | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 6 | Lateef Aliasau | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 2 | David Korpela |
The semifinals were held the evening session on 2 August.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Matt Welsh | 55.91 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Alex Lim | 56.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Gregor Tait | 56.32 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | 56.49 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Adam Ruckwood | 56.61 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Ethan Rolff | 56.83 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg | 57.00 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Martin Harris | 57.26 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Riley Janes | 57.28 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Simon Burnett | 57.34 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Tobias Oriwol | 57.47 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | James Veldman | 57.52 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Cameron Gibson | 57.62 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Nicholas Neckles | 57.84 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Andrew Mackay | 59.49 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Ramon James |
The final were held the evening session on 3 August.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 54.72 | GR | ||||
| 6 | 55.38 | |||||
| 5 | 55.44 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 55.98 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 56.08 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 56.65 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 56.98 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 58.40 |