| Event: | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 1:01.13 |
| Gold: | Adam Whitehead |
| Goldnoc: | ENG |
| Silver: | Morgan Knabe |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | James Gibson |
| Bronzenoc: | ENG |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place between 31 July 2002 and 1 August 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre.
All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 31 July 2002 | 10:24 | Heat 1 | |||
| 10:27 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 10:30 | Heat 3 | ||||
| 10:33 | Heat 4 | ||||
| 19:58 | Semifinal 1 | ||||
| 20:05 | Semifinal 2 | ||||
| Thursday, 1 August 2002 | 20:20 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 59.94 | 23 July 2001 | ||||
| Games record | 1:01.49 | 25 January 1990 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held the morning session on 31 July.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 1:01.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 1:02.03 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 1:02.69 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 1:02.69 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1:02.79 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 1:02.88 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 1:02.93 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 1:03.25 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 1:03.27 | Q | ||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 1:03.31 | Q | ||
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 1:03.34 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 1:03.43 | Q | ||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | 1:04.52 | Q | ||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 1:04.70 | Q | ||
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 1:05.82 | Q | ||
| 16 | 4 | 7 | 1:06.23 | Q | ||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | 1:08.32 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | 1:09.29 | |||
| 19 | 1 | 5 | 1:10.46 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | 1:10.89 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 1:10.97 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | 1:13.27 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 1:13.32 | |||
| 24 | 1 | 4 | 1:16.02 | |||
| 2 | 7 | |||||
| 4 | 1 |
The semifinals were held the evening session on 31 July.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1:01.05 | Q, GR | |||
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 1:01.66 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 1:01.82 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 1:02.00 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 1:02.33 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 1:02.62 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 1:02.68 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 1:02.70 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 1:02.81 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 1:02.94 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | 1:03.34 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 1:03.45 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 1:04.44 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1:04.90 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | 1:05.16 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 1:06.07 |
The final were held the evening session on 1 August.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:01.13 | |||||
| 6 | 1:01.23 | |||||
| 3 | 1:01.64 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1:01.87 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:02.14 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:02.58 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:02.68 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1:02.74 |