| Event: | Women's 50-meter backstroke |
| Competition: | 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Dates: | 2–3 August 2002 |
| Win Value: | 28.98 s |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 2–3 August. The heats and the semi were held on 2 August, the final on 3 August.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 28.98 | GR | |||
| 6 | 29.05 | ||||
| 5 | 29.08 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 29.11 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 29.18 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 29.30 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 29.51 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 29.64 | |||
Key: WR = World record
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 29.07 | Q, GR | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 29.13 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 29.15 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 29.21 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 29.38 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 29.43 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 29.46 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 29.46 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 29.69 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 29.70 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | 30.26 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | 30.31 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 30.56 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 31.12 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | 32.53 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | 32.57 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 29.31 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 29.33 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 29.41 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 29.44 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 29.45 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 29.63 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 29.68 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 29.82 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 29.83 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 30.04 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 30.34 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 6 | 30.48 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 30.55 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 3 | 31.28 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 32.42 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 1 | 32.87 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 32.93 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 33.10 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 7 | 33.25 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 33.58 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 4 | 35.00 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 35.55 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 3 | 38.25 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 5 | 40.48 |