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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle
The Men's EAD 100 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. ClassificationThe 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]
FormatAll 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. RecordsPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows;
The following records were established during the competition:
ResultsHeatsThe 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[2]
FinalThe final was held on 3 August at 20:25.[3]
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