The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 and 2 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 Inge de Bruijn 56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000Games record Petria Thomas 59.42 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Schedule The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time Date Time Round Thursday 1 August 10:47 Heats 19:30 SemifinalsFriday 2 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 Petria Thomas 58.45 Q, GR 2 1 5 Rachel Coffee 1:00.61 Q 3 2 5 Jen Button 1:00.67 Q 4 2 4 Mandy Loots 1:00.70 Q 5 3 5 Georgie Lee 1:00.84 Q 6 1 4 Audrey Lacroix 1:01.07 Q 7 2 3 Joscelin Yeo 1:01.22 Q 8 1 1 Maria Papadopoulou 1:01.80 Q 9 1 3 Alice Mills 1:01.93 Q 10 3 3 Mandy Leach 1:02.24 Q 11 2 6 Jessica Deglau 1:02.33 Q 12 3 6 Margaretha Pedder 1:02.45 Q 13 1 6 Bethan Francis Coole 1:03.44 Q 14 3 2 Elizabeth Van Welie 1:03.48 Q 15 2 2 Gemma Mary Howells 1:03.50 Q 16 1 2 Christel Bouvron 1:03.81 Q 17 3 8 Natalia Roumbina 1:04.14 18 3 7 Tamara Swaby 1:04.25 19 1 7 Angela Galea 1:04.55 20 3 1 Sharntelle McLean 1:05.25 21 2 7 Heather Roffey 1:06.07 22 2 1 Emily Crookall-Nixon 1:07.28 23 2 8 Sana Abdul Wahid 1:15.12

Semifinals The 8 fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified for the final.

Jessica Deglau did not participate in the semifinals, and so Natalia Roumbina took the spot instead. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Petria Thomas 1:00.15 Q 2 1 5 Mandy Loots 1:00.18 Q 3 2 5 Jen Button 1:00.19 Q 4 2 3 Georgie Lee 1:00.50 Q 5 1 3 Audrey Lacroix 1:00.51 Q 6 1 4 Rachel Coffee 1:00.89 Q 7 2 6 Joscelin Yeo 1:00.99 Q 8 1 2 Mandy Leach 1:01.13 Q 9 2 2 Alice Mills 1:01.69 10 1 6 Maria Papadopoulou 1:01.83 11 2 7 Margaretha Pedder 1:02.48 12 1 1 Gemma Mary Howells 1:02.60 13 2 1 Elizabeth Van Welie 1:03.55 14 1 7 Bethan Francis Coole 1:03.76 15 2 8 Christel Bouvron 1:03.79 16 1 8 Natalia Roumbina 1:05.49

Final The final was held on 2 August at 19:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Petria Thomas 58.57 5 Mandy Loots 59.68 3 Jen Button 1:00.22 4 6 Georgie Lee 1:00.58 5 2 Audrey Lacroix 1:00.88 6 1 Joscelin Yeo 1:01.14 7 7 Rachel Coffee 1:01.24 8 8 Mandy Leach 1:01.43

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