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
Venue Tollcross 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 icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  2010
2018  

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.

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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 Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Liam Tancock  (GBR)24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of England.svg  Liam Tancock  (ENG)24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games recordFlag of England.svg  Liam Tancock  (ENG)24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010 [3]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of England.svg  England 25.12Q
=235 Josh Beaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.28Q
54 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
444 Marco Loughran Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 25.37Q
534 Liam Tancock Flag of England.svg  England 25.49Q
657 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 25.50Q
745 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.53Q
833 Russell Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.75Q
956 Andrew McGovern Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 25.98Q
1043 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.99Q, NR
1136 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 26.25Q
1253 Jack Ness Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 26.47Q
1347 Grant Halsall Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 26.51Q
1446 Rory Lamont Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 26.56Q
1537 Jordan Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 26.82Q
1632 Tom Gallichan Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 27.19Q
1752 Tern Jian Han Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 27.32
1842 Timothy Wynter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.47
1941 Hamdan Bayusuf Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27.53
2031 Christopher Courtis Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 27.70
2151 Heshan Unamboowe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27.86
2258 James Jurkiewicz Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 27.89
2325 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 28.19
2423 Alexandros Axiotis Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 28.24
2548 Alex McCallum Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 28.27
2638 Xander Beaton Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 28.86
2724 Jordan Gonzalez Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 29.83
2826 Hilal Hemed Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 30.11
2928 Arnold Kisulo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 30.73
=3013 Dean Hoffman Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 30.87
27 Milimo Mweetwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
3214 Andrew Hopkin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 30.97
3316 Storm Halbich Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.80
3422 Haris Bandey Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 32.05
3521 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.28
3612 Dillon Gooding Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.64
3715 Nana Antwi Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 33.63

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.78Q
224 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of England.svg  England 24.92Q
315 Marco Loughran Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 25.12Q
414 Josh Beaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.20Q
523 Liam Tancock Flag of England.svg  England 25.21Q
626 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.22Q
716 Russell Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.29Q
813 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 25.39Q
912 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26.15
1017 Jack Ness Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 26.17
1122 Andrew McGovern Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 26.19
1227 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 26.28
1311 Rory Lamont Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 26.69
1421 Grant Halsall Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 26.72
1528 Jordan Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 26.82
1618 Tom Gallichan Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 27.16

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.67
Silver medal icon.svg7 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.80
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Liam Tancock Flag of England.svg  England 24.98
45 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of England.svg  England 25.14
56 Josh Beaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.19
63 Marco Loughran Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 25.36
71 Russell Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.55
88 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  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.