Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50m Backstroke - Final

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
	5	Sophie Edington (AUS) [1]	0.62	28.42 (=GR)
	4	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	0.69	28.43	0.01
	3	Tayliah Zimmer (AUS)	0.64	28.71	0.29
4	6	Hannah McLean (NZL)	0.87	28.89	0.47
5	2	Elizabeth Coster (NZL)	0.57	29.48	1.06
6	7	Landice Yestrau (CAN)	0.67	29.75	1.33
7	1	Kiera Aitken (BER)	0.67	30.00	1.58
8	8	Katy Sexton (ENG)	0.66	30.05	1.63

Women's 50m Backstroke - Semifinals

Women's 50m Backstroke - Semifinal 01

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	4	Sophie Edington (AUS)	0.67	28.79
2	5	Hannah McLean (NZL)	0.72	28.98	0.19
3	3	Landice Yestrau (CAN)	0.68	29.84	1.05
4	2	Katy Sexton (ENG)	0.66	30.12	1.33
5	6	Hiang Yuet Ng (SIN)	0.55	30.62	1.83
6	7	Alana Dillette (BAH)	0.55	30.90	2.11
7	1	Shikha Tandon (IND)	0.70	31.53	2.74
8	8	Emily-Claire Crookall-nixon (IOM)	0.59	32.93	4.14

Women's 50m Backstroke - Semifinal 02

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	4	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	0.72	28.42 (GR)
2	5	Tayliah Zimmer (AUS)	0.64	28.97	0.55
3	3	Elizabeth Coster (NZL)	0.60	29.29	0.87
4	6	Kiera Aitken (BER)	0.66	29.99	1.57
5	2	Marie-Pier Couillard (CAN)	0.59	30.69	2.27
6	7	Chanelle Van Wyk (RSA)	0.65	30.74	2.32
7	1	Lai Kwan Chui (MAS)	0.62	31.35	2.93
8	8	Melanie Nocher (NIR)	0.61	31.46	3.04

Women's 50m Backstroke - Heats

Women's 50m Backstroke - Heat 01

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	6	Lai Kwan Chui (MAS)	0.61	31.32
2	2	Prabha Dharmadasa (SRI)	0.58	34.21	2.89
3	4	Judith Meauri (PNG)	0.72	35.32	4.00
4	5	Sobura Khatun (BAN)	0.63	36.81	5.49
5	7	Natasha Ratter (UGA)	0.68	38.52	7.20
6	3	Mariyam Ali (MDV)	0.75	39.12	7.80

Women's 50m Backstroke - Heat 02

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	4	Tayliah Zimmer (AUS)	0.64	29.22
2	3	Marie-Pier Couillard (CAN)	0.60	30.61	1.39
3	5	Katy Sexton (ENG)	0.69	30.62	1.40
4	2	Shikha Tandon (IND)	0.66	31.52	2.30
5	1	Ellen Hight (ZAM)	0.62	32.74	3.52
6	7	Rachel Fortunato (GIB)	0.67	33.38	4.16
7	8	Rubab Raza (PAK)	0.68	34.58	5.36
DNS	6	Tao Li (SIN)

Women's 50m Backstroke - Heat 03

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	4	Sophie Edington (AUS)	0.67	29.21
2	5	Elizabeth Coster (NZL)	0.62	29.70	0.49
3	3	Landice Yestrau (CAN)	0.68	29.94	0.73
4	2	Hiang Yuet Ng (SIN)	0.56	30.55	1.34
5	7	Melanie Nocher (NIR)	0.62	31.54	2.33
6	1	Emily-Claire Crookall-nixon (IOM)	0.60	32.65	3.44
7	8	Kiran Khan (PAK)	0.76	33.83	4.62
DNS	6	Melissa Ingram (NZL)

Women's 50m Backstroke - Heat 04

Pos.	Lane	Athlete	R.T.	50m	Tbh.
1	4	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	0.73	28.58 (GR)
2	5	Hannah McLean (NZL)	0.75	29.36	0.78
3	2	Kiera Aitken (BER)	0.64	30.00	1.42
4	7	Chanelle Van Wyk (RSA)	0.67	30.65	2.07
5	3	Alana Dillette (BAH)	0.56	30.92	2.34
6	1	Olivia Rawlinson (IOM)	0.71	32.84	4.26
7	8	Jonay Briedenhann (NAM)	0.65	33.52	4.94
DNS	6	Geneviève Saumur (CAN)

References

1. "Aitken seventh in final". The Royal Gazette . March 20, 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2025.