Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats & semis)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors35 from 23 nations
Winning time27.56 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Wales
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Canada
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The medals were presented by Helen Jaques, Aquatics Competition Manager, Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Miriam Moyo, Commonwealth Games Federation Regional Vice-President, Africa and President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia.

Records

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

World record   Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Sophie Edington (AUS) 27.51 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Games record   Sophie Edington (AUS) 28.00 Delhi, India 8 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Heat Georgia Davies   Wales 27.90 GR
28 July Semifinal Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.89 GR
28 July Semifinal Georgia Davies   Wales 27.61 GR
29 July Final Georgia Davies   Wales 27.56 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Georgia Davies   Wales 27.90 Q, GR
2 3 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.03 Q
3 4 4 Lauren Quigley   England 28.39 Q
4 3 5 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 28.56 Q
5 5 5 Madison Wilson   Australia 28.60 Q
6 4 5 Brooklynn Snodgrass   Canada 28.80 Q
7 3 3 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 29.00 Q
8 4 3 Belinda Hocking   Australia 29.01 Q
9 5 6 Tao Li   Singapore 29.11 Q
10 4 6 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 29.31 Q
11 5 3 Jessica Fullalove   England 29.43 Q
12 5 7 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 30.55 Q
13 5 2 Caroline Puamau   Fiji 30.73 Q
14 3 6 Danielle Hill   Northern Ireland 30.77 Q
15 3 7 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 31.03 Q
16 4 2 Kimiko Raheem   Sri Lanka 31.14 Q
17 2 4 Courtney Butcher   Guernsey 31.37
18 3 2 Joyce Tafatatha   Malawi 31.90
19 2 6 Talisa Lanoe   Kenya 31.92
20 5 1 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 32.26
21 3 8 Evelina Afoa   Samoa 32.28
22 4 8 Nadeera Jayasekera   Sri Lanka 32.31
23 5 8 Danielle Awori   Kenya 32.41
24 2 2 Emily Chan Chee   Mauritius 32.63
25 2 3 Felicity Passon   Seychelles 32.74
26 4 1 Bethany Firth   Northern Ireland 32.80
27 1 3 Anita Field   Kenya 32.86
28 2 5 Savannah Tkatchenko   Papua New Guinea 33.01
29 4 7 Jade Howard   Zambia 33.10
30 2 7 Kiran Khan   Pakistan 33.11
31 1 5 Izzy Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.52
32 1 4 Bisma Khan   Pakistan 33.65
33 2 8 Tegan McCarthy   Papua New Guinea 33.74
34 2 1 Onika George   Guyana 34.64
35 3 1 Irene Prescott   Tonga 34.66

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Georgia Davies   Wales 27.61 Q, GR
2 2 5 Lauren Quigley   England 27.72 Q
3 1 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.89 Q, GR
4 1 3 Brooklynn Snodgrass   Canada 28.25 Q
5 2 3 Madison Wilson   Australia 28.40 Q
6 1 5 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 28.55 Q
7 2 6 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 28.63 Q
8 1 6 Belinda Hocking   Australia 28.87 Q
9 2 2 Tao Li   Singapore 29.13
10 1 2 Hilary Caldwell   Canada 29.37
11 2 7 Jessica Fullalove   England 29.42
12 2 1 Caroline Puamau   Fiji 30.46
13 1 1 Danielle Hill   Northern Ireland 30.87
14 1 7 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 31.08
15 1 8 Kimiko Raheem   Sri Lanka 31.11
16 2 8 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 31.30

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Georgia Davies   Wales 27.56 GR
  5 Lauren Quigley   England 27.69
  6 Brooklynn Snodgrass   Canada 27.97
4 3 Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.98
5 7 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 28.47
6 1 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 28.54
7 8 Belinda Hocking   Australia 28.58
8 2 Madison Wilson   Australia 28.86

References

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  1. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Zhao Jing Reclaims 50 Back World Record For The Win". Swimming World Magazine. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "China strikes 2 golds in swimming worlds". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
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