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Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates3 August
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Winning time-1.26
Medalists
gold medal Ben Austin   Australia
silver medal Scott Field   South Africa
bronze medal David Roberts   Wales
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The Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Classification

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The events were run on a multi-disability format, which included both physically disabled and visually impaired swimmers i.e. the International Paralympic Committee’s Swimming Classification S1 – S13.[1]

  • Classes S1 – S10 are allocated to swimmers with a physical disability ranging from swimmers with a severe disability (S1) to those with a minimal disability (S10).
  • Classes S11 – S13 are allocated to swimmers with a visual impairment ranging from swimmers with no vision or may have light perception (S11) to those with some visual acuity (S13).

Format

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All classes, 1 through 13 swan together in 3 heats and a final event. Positions were determined by each athlete’s time relative to the current world record for the appropriate classification of the swimmer. This may have meant that the swimmer touching first may not have been the winner.

World records were time standardised to identify both the finalists and medal winners throughout the competition. This meant that the same ‘time marker’ was used in the heats and the final irrespective of whether the world record had been broken during the course of competition.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows;

Class Name Time Location Date
S1  Itzhak Mamistalov (ISR) 2:32.70 Stockholm, Sweden 5 August 2001
S2  Curtis Lovejoy (USA) 2:10.48 Sydney, Australia 26 October 2000
S3  Kenneth Cairns (SCO) 1:54.03 Greve, Denmark 11 March 2000
S4  Richard Oribe (ESP) 1:25.92 Sydney, Australia 26 October 2000
S5  Sebastián Rodríguez (ESP) 1:17.21 Spain 27 July 2002
S6  Jianhua Yin (CHN) 1:08.10 Sydney, Australia 26 October 2000
S7 1:02.62
S8 1:01.47
S9  Xiaoming Xiong (CHN) 58.62 Sydney, Australia 25 October 2000
S10 53.84
S11  John Morgan (USA) 56.67 Gothenburg, Sweden 9 August 1986
S12  John Morgan (USA) 56.22 New York City, United States 18 June 1984
S13 55.69

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Class Name Nationality Time Result Record
3 August Heats S3 Kenneth Cairns  Scotland 1:57.77 +3.74 GR
3 August Heats S6 Gareth Duke  Wales 1:18.08 +9.98 GR
3 August Heats S7 David Roberts  Wales 1:02.77 +0.15 GR
3 August Final S7 David Roberts  Wales 1:02.50 -0.12 WR
3 August Heats S8 Ben Austin  Australia 1:00.27 -1.20 WR
3 August Final S8 Ben Austin  Australia 1:00.21 -1.26 WR
3 August Heats S8 Kong Thye Kwong  Malaysia 1:26.33 +24.86 GR
3 August Heats S9 James Crisp  England 1:00.44 +1.82 GR
3 August Heats S10 Benoît Huot  Canada 55.25 +1.41 GR
3 August Final S10 Benoît Huot  Canada 53.76 -0.08 WR
3 August Heats S10 Philippe Gagnon  Canada 54.64 +0.80 GR
3 August Heats S11 Ou Dona  Papua New Guinea 1:36.04 +39.37 GR
3 August Heats S12 Darren Leach  England 58.34 +2.12 GR
3 August Final S12 Darren Leach  England 57.60 +1.38 GR
3 August Heats S13 Scott Field  South Africa 55.03 -0.66 WR

Results

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Heats

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The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Class Nationality Time Result Notes
1 3 3 Ben Austin S8  Australia 1:00.27 -1.20 Q, WR
2 3 5 Scott Field S13  South Africa 55.03 -0.66 Q, WR
3 1 3 David Roberts S7  Wales 1:02.77 +0.15 Q, GR
4 3 4 Philippe Gagnon S10  Canada 54.64 +0.80 Q, GR
5 2 4 Benoît Huot S10  Canada 55.25 +1.41 Q, GR
6 1 5 James Crisp S9  England 1:00.44 +1.82 Q, GR
7 1 4 Darren Leach S12  England 58.34 +2.12 Q, GR
8 2 5 Ian Sharpe S12  Isle of Man 59.93 +3.71 Q
9 3 1 Kenneth Cairns S3  Scotland 1:57.77 +3.74 GR
10 2 6 Alex Harris S7  Australia 1:06.71 +4.09
11 1 6 Andrew Lindsay S7  Scotland 1:09.25 +6.63
12 1 2 Gareth Duke S6  Wales 1:18.08 +9.98 GR
13 3 7 Yusup Dewa S6  Malaysia 1:23.84 +15.74
14 3 2 Meng Ee Wong S12  Singapore 1:12.24 +16.02
15 2 2 Abdulgani Ashur Abeid S10  Kenya 1:18.26 +24.42
16 2 7 Kong Thye Kwong S8  Malaysia 1:26.33 +24.86 GR
17 1 7 Ou Dona S11  Papua New Guinea 1:36.04 +39.37 GR

Final

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The final was held on 3 August at 20:25.[3]

Rank Lane Name Class Nation Time Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ben Austin S8  Australia 1:00.21 -1.26 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Scott Field S13  South Africa 55.12 -0.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 David Roberts S7  Wales 1:02.50 -0.12 WR
4 2 Benoît Huot S10  Canada 53.76 -0.08 WR
5 6 Philippe Gagnon S10  Canada 54.65 +0.81
6 1 Darren Leach S12  England 57.60 +1.38 GR
7 7 James Crisp S9  England 1:00.88 +2.26
8 8 Ian Sharpe S12  Isle of Man 1:00.25 +4.03

References

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  1. ^ "EAD". m2002.thecgf.com.
  2. ^ "Heats Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Final Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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