Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors33 from 26 nations
Winning time53.12 GR
Medalists
gold medal Chris Walker-Hebborn   England
silver medal Mitch Larkin   Australia
bronze medal Liam Tancock   England
bronze medal Josh Beaver   Australia
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by , President of the Bermuda Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by , 2013 Jim Clark Memorial Award winner and Ford's Gasoline Calibration Manager.

Records[]

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States 8 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 53.59 Delhi, India 8 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 53.30 GR
25 July Final Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 53.12 GR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[4][5][6][7][8]
1 5 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 53.30 Q, GR
2 5 5 Josh Beaver  Australia 53.68 Q
3 4 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 54.18 Q
4 5 3 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.40 Q
5 4 5 Liam Tancock  England 54.51 Q
6 3 4 Ben Treffers  Australia 54.74 Q
7 5 6 Russell Wood  Canada 54.83 Q
8 3 5 Marco Loughran  Wales 54.96 Q
9 3 3  Scotland 55.28 Q
10 4 6  Scotland 55.35 Q
11 5 2  Wales 55.67 Q
12 4 3 Darren Murray  South Africa 55.78 Q
13 4 2 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 56.37 Q
14 3 7  Wales 57.31 Q
15 3 6  Isle of Man 57.82 Q
16 3 2 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 58.01 Q
17 4 7  Malaysia 58.50
18 5 1 Heshan Unamboowe  Sri Lanka 58.76
19 4 1  Jersey 58.92
20 1 3 Timothy Wynter  Jamaica 58.97
21 5 8 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 59.36
22 3 1 Christopher Courtis  Barbados 59.71
23 5 7 Hamdan Bayusuf  Kenya 1:00.07
24 2 4  Guernsey 1:00.29
25 2 6 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 1:00.74
26 3 8  Cayman Islands 1:01.22
27 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 1:01.64
28 4 8  Fiji 1:01.76
29 2 5 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 1:02.55
30 2 2  Gibraltar 1:04.50
31 1 5  Uganda 1:06.41
32 2 7  Zambia 1:07.22
33 1 4  Seychelles 1:09.60

Semifinals[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[9][10]
1 2 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 53.33 Q
2 2 3 Liam Tancock  England 53.49 Q
3 2 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 53.57 Q
4 1 4 Josh Beaver  Australia 53.74 Q
5 1 5 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.28 Q
6 2 2  Scotland 54.40 Q
7 2 6 Russell Wood  Canada 54.45 Q
8 1 3 Ben Treffers  Australia 54.60 Q
9 1 2  Scotland 54.87
10 1 6 Marco Loughran  Wales 55.09
11 2 7  Wales 55.26
12 1 7 Darren Murray  South Africa 55.68
13 2 1 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 56.43
14 2 8  Isle of Man 56.78
15 1 1  Wales 56.83
16 1 8 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 57.03

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[11]
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 53.12 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 53.59
=3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Liam Tancock  England 53.75
6 Josh Beaver  Australia
5 8 Ben Treffers  Australia 53.84
6 2 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.40
7 7  Scotland 54.54
8 1 Russell Wood  Canada 54.56

References[]

  1. ^ "Peirsol reclaims 100 back record". ESPN. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Aaron Peirsol's stunning swim steals limelight from Michael Phelps". Guardian.co.uk. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 1". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 2". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 4". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 1". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 2". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Final". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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