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

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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 Ben Treffers   Australia
silver medal Mitch Larkin   Australia
bronze medal Liam Tancock   England
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400 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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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.

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 .

Records[]

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
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010 [3]

Results[]

Heats[]

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  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  Scotland 26.47 Q
13 4 7  Isle of Man 26.51 Q
14 4 6  Scotland 26.56 Q
15 3 7 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 26.82 Q
16 3 2  Jersey 27.19 Q
17 5 2  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  Guernsey 27.89
23 2 5 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 28.19
24 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 28.24
25 4 8  Cayman Islands 28.27
26 3 8  Guernsey 28.86
27 2 4  Gibraltar 29.83
28 2 6 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 30.11
29 2 8  Uganda 30.73
=30 1 3  Seychelles 30.87
2 7  Zambia
32 1 4  Grenada 30.97
33 1 6  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  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.64
37 1 5 Nana Antwi  Ghana 33.63

Semifinals[]

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  Scotland 26.17
11 2 2  Scotland 26.19
12 2 7 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 26.28
13 1 1  Scotland 26.69
14 2 1  Isle of Man 26.72
15 2 8 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 26.82
16 1 8  Jersey 27.16

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ben Treffers  Australia 24.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Mitch Larkin  Australia 24.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[]

  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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