Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 26 July 2014 (heats & semis) 27 July 2014 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 37 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 48.11 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S8 | women | |
100 m S9 | men | |
200 m | men | women |
200 m S14 | men | |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m SB9 | women | |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
200 m SM8 | men | |
200 m SM10 | women | |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre freestyle 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.
The medals were presented by Cliff Williams, Secretary General of The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of First ScotRail.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
World record | César Cielo (BRA) | 46.91 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 | [1] [2] |
Commonwealth record | Eamon Sullivan (AUS) | 47.05 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 | |
Games record | Brent Hayden (CAN) | 47.98 | Delhi, India | 7 October 2010 | [3] |
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | James Magnussen | Australia | 48.21 | Q |
2 | 1 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 48.60 | Q |
3 | 1 | 3 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 49.05 | Q |
4 | 1 | 5 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | 49.35 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Adam Brown | England | 49.47 | Q |
6 | 2 | 3 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.50 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 49.53 | Q |
8 | 2 | 2 | James Disney-May | England | 50.01 | Q |
9 | 1 | 1 | Benjamin Proud | England | 50.06 | |
10 | 1 | 6 | Calum Jarvis | Wales | 50.09 | |
11 | 1 | 8 | Roy-Allan Burch | Bermuda | 50.26 | |
12 | 1 | 7 | Curtis Coulter | Northern Ireland | 50.48 | |
13 | 2 | 8 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 50.50 | |
14 | 1 | 2 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 50.52 | |
15 | 2 | 1 | Otto Putland | Wales | 50.61 | |
16 | 2 | 7 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 50.78 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | James Magnussen | Australia | 48.11 | ||
5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 48.34 | ||
3 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 49.04 | ||
4 | 1 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 49.27 | |
5 | 7 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.56 | |
6 | 2 | Adam Brown | England | 49.63 | |
7 | 6 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | 49.81 | |
8 | 8 | James Disney-May | England | 49.96 |
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