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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats & semis)
28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors38 from 21 nations
Winning time1:06.35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
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2018  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents

The medals were presented by Michael Fennell, honorary life vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association, and the quaichs were presented by Forbes Dunlop, chief executive officer of Scottish Swimming.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Lithuania.svg  Rūta Meilutytė  (LTU)1:04.35 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 2013 [1]
Commonwealth recordFlag of Australia.svg  Leisel Jones  (AUS)1:05.09 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Leisel Jones  (AUS)1:05.09 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Sophie Taylor Flag of England.svg  England 1:07.77Q
244 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:07.95Q
335 Sally Hunter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.42Q
436 Katie Armitage Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:08.81Q
555 Lorna Tonks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.03Q
653 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.10Q
757 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.36Q
834 Leiston Pickett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.46Q
956 Corrie Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:09.56Q
1042 Sycerika McMahon Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:10.07Q
1132 Chloe Tutton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:10.11Q
1233 Tara-Lynn Nicholas Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:10.15Q
1346 Molly Renshaw Flag of England.svg  England 1:10.29Q
1443 Kathryn Johnstone Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:10.44Q
1552 Martha McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:10.56Q
1637 Laura Kinley Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1:10.90Q
1745 Sophie Allen Flag of England.svg  England 1:10.95
1851 Samantha Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:11.53
1941 Bethan Sloan Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:12.22
2047 Christina Loh Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:12.30
2158 Erika Kong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:13.23
2231 Zara Bailey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:14.49
2325 Rebecca Kamau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:14.92
2423 Jamila Lunkuse Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:15.11
2524 Irene Chrysostomou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1:15.18
2648 Niamh Robinson Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1:15.74
2722 Savannah Tkatchenko Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:18.36
=2821 Izzy Joachim Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:18.37
38 Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
3028 Tegan McCarthy Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:18.52
3126 Barbara Vali-Skelton Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:19.69
3213 Lianna Swan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:20.39
3327 Tilka Paljk Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:20.44
3414 Oreoluwa Cherebin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1:21.29
3515 Mahfuza Khatun Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1:22.62
3616 Anum Bandey Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:22.99
3712 Martha Opiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:23.64
3817 Aishath Sajina Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1:27.93

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:06.87Q
224 Sophie Taylor Flag of England.svg  England 1:07.20Q
323 Lorna Tonks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.65Q
425 Sally Hunter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.97Q
513 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.11Q
626 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.49Q
715 Katie Armitage Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:08.69Q
816 Leiston Pickett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.83Q
922 Corrie Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:08.94
1017 Tara-Lynn Nicholas Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:09.11
1127 Chloe Tutton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:09.38
1221 Molly Renshaw Flag of England.svg  England 1:09.39
1312 Sycerika McMahon Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:09.41
1411 Kathryn Johnstone Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:09.42
1528 Martha McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.63
1618 Laura Kinley Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1:10.99

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Sophie Taylor Flag of England.svg  England 1:06.35
Silver medal icon.svg3 Lorna Tonks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.34
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:08.14
46 Sally Hunter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.26
58 Leiston Pickett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.46
62 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.58
77 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.83
81 Katie Armitage Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:09.56

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