The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 2 and 3 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 Michael Klim 51.81 Canberra, Australia 12 December 1999Games record Geoff Huegill 52.81 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are local time Date Time Round Friday 2 August 10:25 Heats 19:59 SemifinalsSaturday 3 August 19:00 Final
Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Mike Mintenko 53.72 Q 2 4 5 James Hickman 53.90 Q 3 4 4 Geoff Huegill 54.18 Q 4 2 5 Todd Cooper 54.42 Q 3 5 Theo Verster Q 6 2 4 Adam Pine 54.44 Q 7 2 2 Hendrik Odendaal 54.84 Q 8 4 3 David Bennett 55.16 Q 9 2 6 Moss Burmester 55.24 Q 10 3 3 Steve Parry 55.25 Q 11 3 6 Heath Ramsay 55.32 Q 12 2 3 Adam Sioui 55.51 Q 13 4 6 Nicholas Sheeran 55.59 Q 14 4 2 Lyndon Ferns 55.70 Q 15 3 2 Ryan Pini 55.77 Q 16 4 7 Chris Vythoulkas 57.20 Q 17 1 1 Conrad Francis 57.40 18 3 1 Christophe Lim Wen Ying 58.64 19 4 1 Jean-Paul Adam 59.14 20 2 1 Musa Bakare 59.17 21 3 7 Nicholas Diaper 59.31 22 1 4 Travano McPhee 59.47 23 2 7 Jewel Ahmed 59.73 2 8 Adam Richards 25 1 6 Ben Lowndes 59.74 26 1 5 Alan Jones 59.90 27 1 3 Hamid Nassir 59.91 28 4 8 Bertrand Bristol 1:00.25 29 1 2 Ben Wells 1:00.88 30 3 8 Kristoph Carey 1:01.50 31 1 7 Rama Vyombo 1:01.70
Semifinals The 8 fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Geoff Huegill 52.36 Q, GR 2 2 4 Mike Mintenko 53.33 Q 3 1 3 Adam Pine 53.47 Q 4 1 4 James Hickman 53.70 Q 5 1 5 Theo Verster 54.36 Q 6 2 3 Todd Cooper 54.38 Q 7 1 2 Steve Parry 54.72 Q 8 1 6 David Bennett 54.84 Q 9 2 2 Moss Burmester 54.96 10 1 7 Adam Sioui 55.20 11 2 6 Hendrik Odendaal 55.32 12 2 7 Heath Ramsay 55.42 13 2 8 Ryan Pini 55.60 14 1 1 Lyndon Ferns 55.80 15 2 1 Nicholas Sheeran 55.89 16 1 8 Chris Vythoulkas 56.54
Final The final was held on 3 August at 19:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Geoff Huegill 52.36 =GR 5 Mike Mintenko 52.80 3 Adam Pine 53.02 4 6 James Hickman 53.32 5 2 Theo Verster 54.03 6 7 Todd Cooper 54.33 7 1 Steve Parry 55.17 8 8 David Bennett 55.24
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