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

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.

Records

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

Heats were held on 2 August.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	1:09.46	Q
2	1	4	1:09.82	Q
3	3	5	1:09.93	Q
4	3	4	1:09.94	Q
5	2	4	1:10.60	Q
6	1	3	1:10.78	Q
7	1	5	1:10.87	Q
8	3	3	1:11.28	Q
9	2	3	1:11.44	Q
10	3	6	1:11.95	Q
11	1	6	1:12.58	Q
12	2	6	1:13.72	Q
13	2	2	1:14.08	Q
14	1	2	1:14.35	Q
15	3	2	1:14.36	Q
16	3	7	1:15.96	Q
17	1	7	1:17.33
18	2	1	1:18.89
19	1	1	1:26.51

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	5	1:08.31	Q
2	2	5	1:09.00	Q
3	1	4	1:09.19	Q
4	2	4	1:09.75	Q
5	2	3	1:09.95	Q
6	2	2	1:10.44	Q
7	2	6	1:10.68	Q
8	1	3	1:10.92	Q
9	1	2	1:11.06
10	1	6	1:11.27
11	1	7	1:11.99
12	2	7	1:12.23
13	2	1	1:13.65
14	2	8	1:13.80
15	1	1	1:13.90
16	1	8	1:15.23

The final was held on 3 August.