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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows;

Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Jodie Henry 55.79 Q 2 4 5 Alison Sheppard 56.04 Q 3 5 3 Karen Legg 56.22 Q 4 5 4 Sarah Ryan 56.36 Q 5 4 3 Helene Muller 56.43 Q 6 3 5 Petria Thomas 56.64 Q 7 3 4 Melanie Marshall 56.65 Q 8 5 5 Karen Pickering 56.74 Q 9 3 3 Laura Nicholls 56.86 Q 10 3 7 Caroline Pickering 56.94 Q 11 3 2 Joscelin Yeo 57.30 Q 12 5 6 Mandy Leach 57.36 Q 13 4 6 Catrin Davies 57.49 Q 14 5 7 Laura Pomeroy 57.51 Q 15 4 7 Toni Jeffs 57.72 Q 16 5 2 Julie Douglas 57.84 Q 17 3 6 Leah Martindale 57.88 18 4 2 Jenna Gresdal 57.97 19 3 1 Angela Chuck 58.44 20 4 1 Mackenzie Howe 58.62 21 5 1 Julia Martin 59.10 22 2 4 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane 59.58 23 2 5 Linda McEachrane 59.60 24 4 8 Nikia Deveaux 1:00.79 25 5 8 Sharntelle McLean 1:00.99 26 2 6 Emily Crookall-Nixon 1:01.10 27 2 2 Gail Strobridge 1:01.71 28 2 3 Elaine Reyes 1:02.31 29 3 8 Kiera Aitken 1:03.50 30 2 7 Nathalie Lee Baw 1:04.23 31 2 1 Keren Lee Visser 1:05.14 32 1 4 Ursula Kuenzli 1:07.32 33 1 3 Sana Abdul Wahid 1:10.34 34 1 5 Olivia Aya Nakitanda 1:11.03

Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final. Rank Semi-final Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Jodie Henry 55.43 Q 2 2 5 Karen Legg 55.94 Q 3 2 3 Helene Muller 56.05 Q 4 1 5 Sarah Ryan 56.07 Q 5 1 6 Karen Pickering 56.10 Q 5 1 4 Alison Sheppard 56.10 Q 7 2 6 Melanie Marshall 56.27 Q 8 1 3 Petria Thomas 56.45 Q 9 2 2 Laura Nicholls 56.46 10 1 7 Mandy Leach 56.89 11 2 7 Joscelin Yeo 57.13 12 1 1 Laura Pomeroy 57.48 13 2 1 Catrin Davies 57.59 14 1 8 Julie Douglas 57.96 15 1 2 Caroline Pickering 58.11 16 2 8 Toni Jeffs 58.27

Final The final was held on 1 August at 19:06. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jodie Henry 55.45 3 Helene Muller 55.60 5 Karen Legg 55.86 4 2 Karen Pickering 55.95 5 8 Petria Thomas 55.99 6 7 Alison Sheppard 56.05 7 1 Melanie Marshall 56.19 8 6 Sarah Ryan 56.20

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