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

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Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats & semis)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors35 from 23 nations
Winning time27.56 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Wales
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Canada
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The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by , Aquatics Competition Manager, Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by , Commonwealth Games Federation Regional Vice-President, Africa and President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia.

Records[]

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

World record  Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record  Sophie Edington (AUS) 28.00 Delhi, India 8 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Heat Georgia Davies  Wales 27.90 GR
28 July Semifinal Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.89 GR
28 July Semifinal Georgia Davies  Wales 27.61 GR
29 July Final Georgia Davies  Wales 27.56 GR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.90 Q, GR
2 3 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 28.03 Q
3 4 4 Lauren Quigley  England 28.39 Q
4 3 5 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.56 Q
5 5 5 Madison Wilson  Australia 28.60 Q
6 4 5 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 28.80 Q
7 3 3 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 29.00 Q
8 4 3 Belinda Hocking  Australia 29.01 Q
9 5 6 Tao Li  Singapore 29.11 Q
10 4 6 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 29.31 Q
11 5 3 Jessica Fullalove  England 29.43 Q
12 5 7 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 30.55 Q
13 5 2 Caroline Puamau  Fiji 30.73 Q
14 3 6 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 30.77 Q
15 3 7  Isle of Man 31.03 Q
16 4 2 Kimiko Raheem  Sri Lanka 31.14 Q
17 2 4  Guernsey 31.37
18 3 2 Joyce Tafatatha  Malawi 31.90
19 2 6 Talisa Lanoe  Kenya 31.92
20 5 1 Cheyenne Rova  Fiji 32.26
21 3 8 Evelina Afoa  Samoa 32.28
22 4 8  Sri Lanka 32.31
23 5 8  Kenya 32.41
24 2 2  Mauritius 32.63
25 2 3 Felicity Passon  Seychelles 32.74
26 4 1 Bethany Firth  Northern Ireland 32.80
27 1 3  Kenya 32.86
28 2 5  Papua New Guinea 33.01
29 4 7 Jade Howard  Zambia 33.10
30 2 7 Kiran Khan  Pakistan 33.11
31 1 5 Izzy Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.52
32 1 4 Bisma Khan  Pakistan 33.65
33 2 8 Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 33.74
34 2 1  Guyana 34.64
35 3 1 Irene Prescott  Tonga 34.66

Semifinals[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.61 Q, GR
2 2 5 Lauren Quigley  England 27.72 Q
3 1 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.89 Q, GR
4 1 3 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 28.25 Q
5 2 3 Madison Wilson  Australia 28.40 Q
6 1 5 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.55 Q
7 2 6 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 28.63 Q
8 1 6 Belinda Hocking  Australia 28.87 Q
9 2 2 Tao Li  Singapore 29.13
10 1 2 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 29.37
11 2 7 Jessica Fullalove  England 29.42
12 2 1 Caroline Puamau  Fiji 30.46
13 1 1 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 30.87
14 1 7 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 31.08
15 1 8 Kimiko Raheem  Sri Lanka 31.11
16 2 8  Isle of Man 31.30

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.56 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Lauren Quigley  England 27.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 27.97
4 3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.98
5 7 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.47
6 1 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 28.54
7 8 Belinda Hocking  Australia 28.58
8 2 Madison Wilson  Australia 28.86

References[]

  1. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Zhao Jing Reclaims 50 Back World Record For The Win". Swimming World Magazine. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "China strikes 2 golds in swimming worlds". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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