2002 commonwealth games predictions

Below are our predictions for the winner of every even tin this years programmes (excluding EAD events). There may be some bias towards the home nations, but Australia unsurprisingly come out on top of the list of golds, with 23 from a possible 38. England will be delighted if they achieve what is shown below, as will Canada, as both countries predicted totals are improvements over their performances in Fukuoka, although England in particular benefit from the inclusion of 50m form stroke events this time around. Only time will tell whether we are right!

predicted medal table (golds):
  1. Australia – 23
  2. England – 9
  3. Canada – 5
  4. Scotland – 1
individual event predictions:


Event

Men

Women
50 freestyle Mark Foster (ENG) Alison Sheppard (SCO)
100 freestyle Ian Thorpe (AUS) Sarah Ryan (AUS)
200 freestyle Ian Thorpe (AUS) Elka Graham (AUS)
400 freestyle Ian Thorpe (AUS) Elka Graham (AUS)
800 freestyle Rebecca Cooke (ENG)

1500 freestyle Grant Hackett (AUS)
50 backstroke Matt Welsh (AUS) Jennifer Carroll (CAN)
100 backstroke Matt Welsh (AUS) Sarah Price (ENG)
200 backstroke Matt Welsh (AUS) Sarah Price (ENG)
50 breastroke James Gibson (ENG) Zoë Baker (ENG)
100 breastroke Darren Mew (ENG) Liesel Jones (AUS)
200 breastroke Jim Piper (AUS) Liesel Jones (AUS)
50 butterfly Geoff Heugill (AUS) Ros Brett (ENG)
100 butterfly Geoff Heugill (AUS) Petria Thomas (AUS)
200 butterfly James Hickman (ENG) Petria Thomas (AUS)
200 I.M Brian Johns (CAN) Marianne Limpert (CAN)
400 I.M Brian Johns (CAN) Liz Warden (CAN)
4×100 freestyle Australia Australia
4×200 freestyle Australia Australia
4×100 medley Australia Australia