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

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis)
26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning time58.94 GR
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Scotland
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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 and 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by David Wilkie, Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by , Honorary President of the . Adam Peaty of England won the Commonwealth title, just ahead of South Africa's Olympic champion and world record holder Cameron van der Burgh, with 200 metre breaststroke Commonwealth champion Ross Murdoch of Scotland third. The same three athletes finished in the same three positions in the event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

Records[]

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

World record  Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.46 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record  Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 1:00.10 Delhi, India 6 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
25 July Heat Adam Peaty  England 59.47 GR
25 July Semifinal Adam Peaty  England 59.16 GR
26 July Final Adam Peaty  England 58.94 GR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Adam Peaty  England 59.47 Q, GR
2 3 4 Ross Murdoch  Scotland 1:00.63 Q
3 4 5 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 1:00.75 Q
4 4 4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 1:00.99 Q
5 3 3 Richard Funk  Canada 1:01.25 Q
6 5 3 Craig Benson  Scotland 1:01.30 Q
7 4 3 James Wilby  England 1:01.40 Q
8 4 6 Andrew Willis  England 1:01.48 Q
9 5 6  Wales 1:01.52 Q
10 3 5 Michael Jamieson  Scotland 1:01.98 Q
11 5 4 Christian Sprenger  Australia 1:02.30 Q
12 3 6 Sandeep Sejwal  India 1:02.97 Q
13 3 2  Northern Ireland 1:04.37 Q
14 4 7 Dustin Tynes  Bahamas 1:04.42 Q
15 5 7  Jersey 1:04.43 Q
16 5 1 Julian Fletcher  Bermuda 1:04.92 Q
17 5 2  Singapore 1:05.14
18 5 8  Guernsey 1:05.17
19 4 1  Guernsey 1:05.73
20 3 1  Isle of Man 1:05.92
21 4 8 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 1:06.03
22 4 2  Malaysia 1:06.49
23 3 7  Kenya 1:07.09
24 2 4 Ralph Goveia  Zambia 1:07.54
25 2 5  Cayman Islands 1:08.36
26 2 3 Tory Pragassa  Kenya 1:09.26
27 2 6 Corey Ollivierre  Grenada 1:09.39
28 2 1  Zambia 1:10.71
29 3 8 Colin Bensadon  Gibraltar 1:11.55
30 2 7 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:12.80
31 2 2 Joshua Tibatemwa  Uganda 1:16.49
32 1 4  Swaziland 1:17.08
33 1 5 Shane Cadogan  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:18.29
34 1 3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:20.24

Semifinals[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Adam Peaty  England 59.16 Q, GR
2 1 4 Ross Murdoch  Scotland 59.72 Q
3 1 5 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 59.91 Q
4 2 5 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 59.98 Q
5 1 3 Craig Benson  Scotland 1:00.40 Q
6 2 3 Richard Funk  Canada 1:00.51 Q
7 2 2  Wales 1:00.71 Q
8 2 6 James Wilby  England 1:00.94 Q
9 1 6 Andrew Willis  England 1:01.35
10 2 7 Christian Sprenger  Australia 1:01.73
11 1 2 Michael Jamieson  Scotland 1:02.04
12 1 7 Sandeep Sejwal  India 1:03.24
13 1 1 Dustin Tynes  Bahamas 1:03.39
14 2 8  Jersey 1:04.00
15 1 8 Julian Fletcher  Bermuda 1:04.48
16 2 1  Northern Ireland 1:04.65

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty  England 58.94 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 59.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Ross Murdoch  Scotland 59.47
4 2 Craig Benson  Scotland 1:00.44
5 6 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 1:00.64
6 7 Richard Funk  Canada 1:00.75
7 8 James Wilby  England 1:01.07
1  Wales DSQ

References[]

  1. ^ "Vollmer, van der Burgh break world records at finals". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ Ferreira-Marques, Clara (29 July 2012). "Swimming: Van der Burgh ends South African men's gold drought". Reuters. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Matthew Cowdrey Sets ParaSport World Record During Day Three Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

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