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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis)
26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Winning time59.37 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2010
2018  

The women's 100 metre backstroke 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.

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The medals were presented by Suzanne Weckend-Dill, Athlete Representative of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gemma Spofforth  (GBR)58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [1]
Commonwealth recordFlag of England.svg  Gemma Spofforth  (ENG)58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Emily Seebohm  (AUS)59.53 Delhi, India 9 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyHeat Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.51GR
26 JulyFinal Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.37GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.51Q, GR
224 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.78Q
345 Sinead Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.15Q
435 Lauren Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.67Q
543 Brooklynn Snodgrass Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.70Q
625 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.79Q
734 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:00.86Q
826 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:00.91Q
933 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:01.05Q
1023 Hilary Caldwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.10Q
1146 Jessica Fullalove Flag of England.svg  England 1:01.58Q
1232 Rachel Williams Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:02.98Q
1336 Jessica Ashley-Cooper Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.61Q
1422 Danielle Stirrat Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:04.76Q
1537 Kimiko Raheem Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:06.36Q
=1647 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:07.18QSO
38 Talisa Lanoe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1841 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 1:07.34
1927 Bethany Firth Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:08.30
2031 Lara Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 1:08.37
2148 Courtney Butcher Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1:08.46
2221 Danielle Awori Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:08.63
2314 Evelina Afoa Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1:09.13
2415 Anita Field Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:11.08
2513 Kiran Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:13.91
2628 Savannah Tkatchenko Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:14.90
16 Areeba Shaikh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DSQ
42 Tao Li Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DNS

Qualification swim-off

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:05.36Q
24 Talisa Lanoe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:07.30

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.59Q
226 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 59.63Q
325 Sinead Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.91Q
=413 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 59.98Q
14 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
623 Brooklynn Snodgrass Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.26Q
722 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.34Q
815 Lauren Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.37Q
912 Hilary Caldwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.77
1016 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:01.17
1127 Jessica Fullalove Flag of England.svg  England 1:01.20
1217 Rachel Williams Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:02.48
1321 Jessica Ashley-Cooper Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.07
1411 Danielle Stirrat Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:04.86
1518 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:06.17
1628 Kimiko Raheem Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:06.33

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.37 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 59.58
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Belinda Hocking Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.93
48 Lauren Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.19
52 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.26
63 Sinead Russell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.27
71 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.45
87 Brooklynn Snodgrass Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.58

References

  1. Bull, Andy (28 July 2009). "Gemma Spofforth swims to 100m backstroke glory in world record time". Guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 8 July 2013.