The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 to 31 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Matt Welsh 26.04 Q 2 4 4 Riley Janes 26.06 Q 3 5 7 Alex Lim 26.14 Q 4 5 5 Gerhard Zandberg 26.25 Q 5 3 4 Ethan Rolff 26.52 Q 6 3 5 Martin Harris 26.60 Q 7 4 3 Gregor Tait 26.65 Q 8 5 2 Roland Schoeman 26.69 Q 9 5 3 Adam Ruckwood 26.70 Q 9 5 6 James Veldman 26.70 Q 11 4 2 Ryan Pini 26.75 Q 11 4 6 Simon Burnett 26.75 Q 13 4 7 Nicholas Neckles 26.88 Q 14 3 3 Robert van der Zant 26.91 Q 15 3 6 Cameron Gibson 26.98 Q 16 3 7 Jonathan Winter 27.46 Q 17 4 1 Mark Chay 27.70 18 4 5 Tobias Oriwol 27.82 19 3 2 Ramon James 27.99 20 5 1 Alexis Militis 28.07 21 3 1 Dane Harrop 28.28 22 4 8 Andrew Mackay 28.55 23 5 8 Carl Probert 28.97 24 3 8 Ian Powel 29.06 25 2 7 Folahan Oluwole 29.26 26 2 5 Roy-Allan Burch 29.53 27 2 4 Mohammad Rubel Rana 29.59 28 1 5 Jonathon Le Noury 29.68 29 1 4 Lateef Aliasau 30.34 30 2 6 Jamie Zammitt 30.37 31 1 3 Rama Vyombo 30.52 32 2 3 Kabir Walia 30.79 33 2 2 Jean Francois Wai Choon 31.15
Semifinals Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Matt Welsh 25.86 Q, GR 2 1 4 Riley Janes 25.96 Q 3 1 5 Gerhard Zandberg 26.05 Q 4 2 5 Alex Lim 26.20 Q 5 2 3 Ethan Rolff 26.23 Q 6 2 2 James Veldman 26.33 Q 7 2 1 Robert van der Zant 26.45 Q 8 1 3 Martin Harris 26.49 Q 9 2 6 Gregor Tait 26.52 10 1 6 Adam Ruckwood 26.54 11 2 7 Ryan Pini 26.64 12 1 2 Simon Burnett 26.78 13 1 1 Cameron Gibson 26.97 14 1 7 Nicholas Neckles 27.12 15 2 8 Jonathan Winter 27.43 16 1 8 Mark Chay 27.50
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Matt Welsh 25.65 GR 6 Alex Lim 25.67 3 Gerhard Zandberg 25.89 4 5 Riley Janes 26.05 5 7 James Veldman 26.20 6 2 Ethan Rolff 26.47 7 8 Martin Harris 26.56 8 1 Robert van der Zant 26.67
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