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

The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 31 July	10:14	Heats
	20:39	Semifinals
Thursday 1 August	20:08	Final

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Sarah Price	England	1:01.16	Q, GR
2	1	4	Dyana Calub	Australia	1:02.06	Q, GR
3	2	4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:02.55	Q
4	3	3	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	1:02.73	Q
5	2	3	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	1:02.74	Q
6	2	5	Clementine Stoney	Australia	1:02.78	Q
7	3	6	Katy Sexton	England	1:02.89	Q
8	1	5	Joanna Fargus	England	1:02.92	Q
9	3	5	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:03.00	Q
10	1	6	Michelle Lischinsky	Canada	1:03.16	Q
11	1	3	Erin Gammel	Canada	1:03.27	Q
12	3	2	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	1:03.55	Q
13	2	6	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	1:04.48	Q
14	3	7	Bethan Francis Coole	Wales	1:06.59	Q
15	1	2	Natalie Bree	Jersey	1:07.92	Q
16	2	7	Antri Hadjiantoniou	Cyprus	1:08.25	Q
17	3	1	Mariana Chuck	Jamaica	1:09.65
18	2	2	Kiera Aitken	Bermuda	1:11.78
19	1	7	Rachel Fortunato	Gibraltar	1:12.57
20	2	1	Kiran Khan	Pakistan	1:16.07
21	1	1	Ursula Kuenzli	Zambia	1:22.64

The 8 fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Sarah Price	England	1:01.14	Q, GR
2	1	4	Dyana Calub	Australia	1:02.06	Q
3	2	2	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:02.20	Q
4	2	3	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	1:02.27	Q
5	2	5	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:02.55	Q
6	2	7	Erin Gammel	Canada	1:02.64	Q
7	1	6	Joanna Fargus	England	1:02.86	Q
8	1	3	Clementine Stoney	Australia	1:02.93	Q
9	1	5	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	1:02.97
10	3	2	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	1:03.22
11	1	2	Michelle Lischinsky	Canada	1:03.29
12	2	6	Katy Sexton	England	1:03.37
13	2	1	Kelly Stefanyshyn	Canada	1:03.47
14	1	1	Bethan Francis Coole	Wales	1:06.41
15	2	8	Natalie Bree	Jersey	1:08.26
16	1	8	Antri Hadjiantoniou	Cyprus	1:08.68

The final was held on 1 August at 20:08.^[3]

Despite qualifying for the final, Joanna Fargus did not compete, with Charlene Wittstock taking the spot instead.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Price	England	1:01.06	GR
	5	Dyana Calub	Australia	1:01.86
	3	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:02.22
4	8	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	1:02.42
5	2	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:02.54
6	6	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	1:02.94
7	1	Clementine Stoney	Australia	1:03.30
8	7	Erin Gammel	Canada	1:03.37