| Event: | Women's 100 metres freestyle |
| Competition: | 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Dates: | 1–2 August 2002 |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 55.45 |
| Gold: | Jodie Henry |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Helene Muller |
| Silvernoc: | RSA |
| Bronze: | Karen Legg |
| Bronzenoc: | ENG |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The Women's 100 metres freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 31 July-1 August. The heats and the semi were held on 31 July, the final on 1 August.
Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;
The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 55.79 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 56.04 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 56.22 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 56.36 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 56.43 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 56.64 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 56.65 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 56.74 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 56.86 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 56.94 | Q | |||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 57.30 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 57.36 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 57.49 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 57.51 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 7 | 57.72 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 57.84 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 6 | 57.88 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 57.97 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 58.44 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | 58.62 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 59.10 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 4 | 59.58 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | 59.60 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | 1:00.79 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 8 | 1:00.99 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 6 | 1:01.10 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 2 | 1:01.71 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 3 | 1:02.31 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 8 | 1:03.50 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | 1:04.23 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 1 | 1:05.14 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | 1:07.32 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | 3 | 1:10.34 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 5 | 1:11.03 |
The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]
| Rank | Semi-final | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 55.43 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 55.94 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 56.05 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 56.07 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 56.10 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 56.10 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 56.27 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 56.45 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 56.46 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 56.89 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 57.13 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 57.48 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 57.59 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 57.96 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 2 | 58.11 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | 58.27 |
The final was held on 1 August at 19:06.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 55.45 | ||||
| 3 | 55.60 | ||||
| 5 | 55.86 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 55.95 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 55.99 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 56.05 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 56.19 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 56.20 | |||