| Event: | Men's 50 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 27.72 |
| Gold: | James Gibson |
| Goldnoc: | ENG |
| Silver: | Adam Whitehead |
| Silvernoc: | ENG |
| Bronze: | Darren Mew |
| Bronzenoc: | ENG |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
The Men's 50 metre breaststroke 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 | 10:00 | Heat 1 | |||
| 10:03 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 10:06 | Heat 3 | ||||
| 19:06 | Semifinal 1 | ||||
| 19:09 | Semifinal 2 | ||||
| Saturday, 3 August 2002 | 19:16 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Ed Moses | 27.39 | Austin | 31 March 2001 | |
| Games record | First time held |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August | 28.95 | GR | ||||
| 2 August | 28.42 | GR | ||||
| 2 August | 27.99 | GR | ||||
| 2 August | 27.56 | GR |
The heats were held the morning session on 2 August.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Darren Mew | 27.99 | Q GR | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | James Gibson | 28.42 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Adam Whitehead | 28.64 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Morgan Knabe | 28.95 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Brett Petersen | 29.06 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | 29.55 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Jim Piper | 29.96 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Andrei Cross | 30.07 | Q | ||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Wickus Nienaber | 30.54 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Travano McPhee | 31.05 | Q | ||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Dave Batty | 31.25 | Q | ||
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Eric Williams | 31.37 | Q | ||
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin | 31.40 | Q | ||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Graham Smith | 31.60 | Q | ||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Mohammad Niaz Ali | 32.09 | Q | ||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Jamie Zammitt | 32.98 | Q | ||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Chisela Kanchela | 33.07 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Gavin Santos | 34.26 | |||
| 1 | 7 | Joel Kisuule | |||||
The semifinals were held the evening session on 2 August.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | James Gibson | 27.56 | Q GR | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Darren Mew | 27.57 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Morgan Knabe | 28.36 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Adam Whitehead | 28.48 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Brett Petersen | 28.62 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Robert van der Zant | 28.93 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Andrei Cross | 29.96 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Jim Piper | 30.03 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Wickus Nienaber | 30.24 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Travano McPhee | 30.90 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Dave Batty | 31.24 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin | 31.54 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Graham Smith | 31.54 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Eric Williams | 31.67 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Mohammad Niaz Ali | 32.13 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jamie Zammitt | 32.69 |
The final were held the evening session on 3 August.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 27.72 | |||||
| 6 | 27.79 | |||||
| 5 | 27.80 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 28.64 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 28.67 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 29.73 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 30.38 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 30.45 |