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

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (heats & semis)
27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (final)
Competitors 37 from 28 nations
Winning time 24.67
Medalists
 Ben Treffers  Australia
 Mitch Larkin  Australia
 Liam Tancock  England
Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
100 m SB9 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 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

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]
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010 [3]
Commonwealth record '

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 25.12 Q
=2 3 5 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 25.28 Q
5 4 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia
4 4 4 Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran Wales 25.37 Q
5 3 4 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 25.49 Q
6 5 7 Bovell, GeorgeGeorge Bovell Trinidad and Tobago 25.50 Q
7 4 5 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 25.53 Q
8 3 3 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 25.75 Q
9 5 6 McGovern, AndrewAndrew McGovern Scotland 25.98 Q
10 4 3 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 25.99 Q, NR
11 3 6 Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan Northern Ireland 26.25 Q
12 5 3 Ness, JackJack Ness Scotland 26.47 Q
13 4 7 Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall Isle of Man 26.51 Q
14 4 6 Lamont, RoryRory Lamont Scotland 26.56 Q
15 3 7 Augier, JordanJordan Augier Saint Lucia 26.82 Q
16 3 2 Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan Jersey 27.19 Q
17 5 2 Tern Jian Han Malaysia 27.32
18 4 2 Wynter, TimothyTimothy Wynter Jamaica 27.47
19 4 1 Bayusuf, HamdanHamdan Bayusuf Kenya 27.53
20 3 1 Courtis, ChristopherChristopher Courtis Barbados 27.70
21 5 1 Unamboowe, HeshanHeshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka 27.86
22 5 8 Jurkiewicz, JamesJames Jurkiewicz Guernsey 27.89
23 2 5 Mogne, IgorIgor Mogne Mozambique 28.19
24 2 3 Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis Zambia 28.24
25 4 8 McCallum, AlexAlex McCallum Cayman Islands 28.27
26 3 8 Beaton, XanderXander Beaton Guernsey 28.86
27 2 4 Gonzalez, JordanJordan Gonzalez Gibraltar 29.83
28 2 6 Hilal, Hilal HemedHilal Hemed Hilal Tanzania 30.11
29 2 8 Kisulo, ArnoldArnold Kisulo Uganda 30.73
=30 1 3 Hoffman, DeanDean Hoffman Seychelles 30.87
2 7 Mweetwa, MilimoMilimo Mweetwa Zambia
32 1 4 Hopkin, AndrewAndrew Hopkin Grenada 30.97
33 1 6 Halbich, StormStorm Halbich Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.80
34 2 2 Bandey, HarisHaris Bandey Pakistan 32.05
35 2 1 Sylvester, NikolasNikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.28
36 1 2 Gooding, DillonDillon Gooding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.64
37 1 5 Antwi, NanaNana Antwi Ghana 33.63

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia 24.78 Q
2 2 4 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 24.92 Q
3 1 5 Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran Wales 25.12 Q
4 1 4 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 25.20 Q
5 2 3 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 25.21 Q
6 2 6 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 25.22 Q
7 1 6 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 25.29 Q
8 1 3 Bovell, GeorgeGeorge Bovell Trinidad and Tobago 25.39 Q
9 1 2 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 26.15
10 1 7 Ness, JackJack Ness Scotland 26.17
11 2 2 McGovern, AndrewAndrew McGovern Scotland 26.19
12 2 7 Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan Northern Ireland 26.28
13 1 1 Lamont, RoryRory Lamont Scotland 26.69
14 2 1 Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall Isle of Man 26.72
15 2 8 Augier, JordanJordan Augier Saint Lucia 26.82
16 1 8 Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan Jersey 27.16

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia 24.67
2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 24.80
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 24.98
4 5 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 25.14
5 6 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 25.19
6 3 Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran Wales 25.36
7 1 Wood, RussellRussell 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

  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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