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

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross 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    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    England
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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.

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

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

World record  Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010 [3]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 25.12 Q
=2 3 5 Josh Beaver  Australia 25.28 Q
5 4 Ben Treffers  Australia
4 4 4 Marco Loughran  Wales 25.37 Q
5 3 4 Liam Tancock  England 25.49 Q
6 5 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 25.50 Q
7 4 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 25.53 Q
8 3 3 Russell Wood  Canada 25.75 Q
9 5 6 Andrew McGovern  Scotland 25.98 Q
10 4 3 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 25.99 Q, NR
11 3 6 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 26.25 Q
12 5 3 Jack Ness  Scotland 26.47 Q
13 4 7 Grant Halsall  Isle of Man 26.51 Q
14 4 6 Rory Lamont  Scotland 26.56 Q
15 3 7 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 26.82 Q
16 3 2 Tom Gallichan  Jersey 27.19 Q
17 5 2 Tern Jian Han  Malaysia 27.32
18 4 2 Timothy Wynter  Jamaica 27.47
19 4 1 Hamdan Bayusuf  Kenya 27.53
20 3 1 Christopher Courtis  Barbados 27.70
21 5 1 Heshan Unamboowe  Sri Lanka 27.86
22 5 8 James Jurkiewicz  Guernsey 27.89
23 2 5 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 28.19
24 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 28.24
25 4 8 Alex McCallum  Cayman Islands 28.27
26 3 8 Xander Beaton  Guernsey 28.86
27 2 4 Jordan Gonzalez  Gibraltar 29.83
28 2 6 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 30.11
29 2 8 Arnold Kisulo  Uganda 30.73
=30 1 3 Dean Hoffman  Seychelles 30.87
2 7 Milimo Mweetwa  Zambia
32 1 4 Andrew Hopkin  Grenada 30.97
33 1 6 Storm Halbich  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.80
34 2 2 Haris Bandey  Pakistan 32.05
35 2 1 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.28
36 1 2 Dillon Gooding  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.64
37 1 5 Nana Antwi  Ghana 33.63

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Ben Treffers  Australia 24.78 Q
2 2 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 24.92 Q
3 1 5 Marco Loughran  Wales 25.12 Q
4 1 4 Josh Beaver  Australia 25.20 Q
5 2 3 Liam Tancock  England 25.21 Q
6 2 6 Mitch Larkin  Australia 25.22 Q
7 1 6 Russell Wood  Canada 25.29 Q
8 1 3 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 25.39 Q
9 1 2 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 26.15
10 1 7 Jack Ness  Scotland 26.17
11 2 2 Andrew McGovern  Scotland 26.19
12 2 7 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 26.28
13 1 1 Rory Lamont  Scotland 26.69
14 2 1 Grant Halsall  Isle of Man 26.72
15 2 8 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 26.82
16 1 8 Tom Gallichan  Jersey 27.16

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ben Treffers  Australia 24.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Mitch Larkin  Australia 24.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Liam Tancock  England 24.98
4 5 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England 25.14
5 6 Josh Beaver  Australia 25.19
6 3 Marco Loughran  Wales 25.36
7 1 Russell Wood  Canada 25.55
8 8 Quah Zheng Wen  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

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  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.
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