Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 and 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (heats & semis)
27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (final)
Competitors37 from 28 nations
Winning time24.67
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    England
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The medals were presented by Antonio Gopal, President of the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record   Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games record   Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010 [3]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 25.12 Q
=2 3 5 Josh Beaver   Australia 25.28 Q
5 4 Ben Treffers   Australia
4 4 4 Marco Loughran   Wales 25.37 Q
5 3 4 Liam Tancock   England 25.49 Q
6 5 7 George Bovell   Trinidad and Tobago 25.50 Q
7 4 5 Mitch Larkin   Australia 25.53 Q
8 3 3 Russell Wood   Canada 25.75 Q
9 5 6 Andrew McGovern   Scotland 25.98 Q
10 4 3 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 25.99 Q, NR
11 3 6 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 26.25 Q
12 5 3 Jack Ness   Scotland 26.47 Q
13 4 7 Grant Halsall   Isle of Man 26.51 Q
14 4 6 Rory Lamont   Scotland 26.56 Q
15 3 7 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 26.82 Q
16 3 2 Tom Gallichan   Jersey 27.19 Q
17 5 2 Tern Jian Han   Malaysia 27.32
18 4 2 Timothy Wynter   Jamaica 27.47
19 4 1 Hamdan Bayusuf   Kenya 27.53
20 3 1 Christopher Courtis   Barbados 27.70
21 5 1 Heshan Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 27.86
22 5 8 James Jurkiewicz   Guernsey 27.89
23 2 5 Igor Mogne   Mozambique 28.19
24 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis   Zambia 28.24
25 4 8 Alex McCallum   Cayman Islands 28.27
26 3 8 Xander Beaton   Guernsey 28.86
27 2 4 Jordan Gonzalez   Gibraltar 29.83
28 2 6 Hilal Hemed Hilal   Tanzania 30.11
29 2 8 Arnold Kisulo   Uganda 30.73
=30 1 3 Dean Hoffman   Seychelles 30.87
2 7 Milimo Mweetwa   Zambia
32 1 4 Andrew Hopkin   Grenada 30.97
33 1 6 Storm Halbich   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.80
34 2 2 Haris Bandey   Pakistan 32.05
35 2 1 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.28
36 1 2 Dillon Gooding   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.64
37 1 5 Nana Antwi   Ghana 33.63

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Ben Treffers   Australia 24.78 Q
2 2 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 24.92 Q
3 1 5 Marco Loughran   Wales 25.12 Q
4 1 4 Josh Beaver   Australia 25.20 Q
5 2 3 Liam Tancock   England 25.21 Q
6 2 6 Mitch Larkin   Australia 25.22 Q
7 1 6 Russell Wood   Canada 25.29 Q
8 1 3 George Bovell   Trinidad and Tobago 25.39 Q
9 1 2 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 26.15
10 1 7 Jack Ness   Scotland 26.17
11 2 2 Andrew McGovern   Scotland 26.19
12 2 7 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 26.28
13 1 1 Rory Lamont   Scotland 26.69
14 2 1 Grant Halsall   Isle of Man 26.72
15 2 8 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 26.82
16 1 8 Tom Gallichan   Jersey 27.16

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ben Treffers   Australia 24.67
  7 Mitch Larkin   Australia 24.80
  2 Liam Tancock   England 24.98
4 5 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 25.14
5 6 Josh Beaver   Australia 25.19
6 3 Marco Loughran   Wales 25.36
7 1 Russell Wood   Canada 25.55
8 8 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 26.26

George Bovell, who qualified in eighth place, pulled out of the final to concentrate on the 50 m freestyle[4] where he finished fifth in the final. He was replaced by the first reserve, Singapore's Quah Zheng Wen.

References

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  1. ^ "Liam Tancock sets world record and claims gold at World Championships in Rome". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Tancock claims gold for Britain". BBC Sport. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Ahye out Glasgow Games, Carter 5th in 100 free final". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Daily News Limited. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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