The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.

World record He Cihong 1:00.16 Rome, Italy 10 September 1994Games record Giaan Rooney 1:02.43 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Schedule The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time Date Time Round Wednesday 31 July 10:14 Heats 20:39 SemifinalsThursday 1 August 20:08 Final

Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Sarah Price 1:01.16 Q, GR 2 1 4 Dyana Calub 1:02.06 Q, GR 3 2 4 Kirsty Coventry 1:02.55 Q 4 3 3 Charlene Wittstock 1:02.73 Q 5 2 3 Hannah McLean 1:02.74 Q 6 2 5 Clementine Stoney 1:02.78 Q 7 3 6 Katy Sexton 1:02.89 Q 8 1 5 Joanna Fargus 1:02.92 Q 9 3 5 Giaan Rooney 1:03.00 Q 10 1 6 Michelle Lischinsky 1:03.16 Q 11 1 3 Erin Gammel 1:03.27 Q 12 3 2 Melissa Ingram 1:03.55 Q 13 2 6 Kelly Stefanyshyn 1:04.48 Q 14 3 7 Bethan Francis Coole 1:06.59 Q 15 1 2 Natalie Bree 1:07.92 Q 16 2 7 Antri Hadjiantoniou 1:08.25 Q 17 3 1 Mariana Chuck 1:09.65 18 2 2 Kiera Aitken 1:11.78 19 1 7 Rachel Fortunato 1:12.57 20 2 1 Kiran Khan 1:16.07 21 1 1 Ursula Kuenzli 1:22.64

Semifinals The 8 fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Sarah Price 1:01.14 Q, GR 2 1 4 Dyana Calub 1:02.06 Q 3 2 2 Giaan Rooney 1:02.20 Q 4 2 3 Hannah McLean 1:02.27 Q 5 2 5 Kirsty Coventry 1:02.55 Q 6 2 7 Erin Gammel 1:02.64 Q 7 1 6 Joanna Fargus 1:02.86 Q 8 1 3 Clementine Stoney 1:02.93 Q 9 1 5 Charlene Wittstock 1:02.97 10 3 2 Melissa Ingram 1:03.22 11 1 2 Michelle Lischinsky 1:03.29 12 2 6 Katy Sexton 1:03.37 13 2 1 Kelly Stefanyshyn 1:03.47 14 1 1 Bethan Francis Coole 1:06.41 15 2 8 Natalie Bree 1:08.26 16 1 8 Antri Hadjiantoniou 1:08.68

Final The final was held on 1 August at 20:08.

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 1:01.06 GR 5 Dyana Calub 1:01.86 3 Giaan Rooney 1:02.22 4 8 Charlene Wittstock 1:02.42 5 2 Kirsty Coventry 1:02.54 6 6 Hannah McLean 1:02.94 7 1 Clementine Stoney 1:03.30 8 7 Erin Gammel 1:03.37

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