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

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.

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
 Ben Treffers   Australia
 Mitch Larkin   Australia
 Liam Tancock   England
Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S8women
100 m S8men
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM8women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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)24.04Rome, Italy2 August 2009[1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record Liam Tancock (ENG)24.62Delhi, India5 October 2010[3]

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155Chris Walker-Hebborn England25.12Q
=235Josh Beaver Australia25.28Q
54Ben Treffers Australia
444Marco Loughran Wales25.37Q
534Liam Tancock England25.49Q
657George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago25.50Q
745Mitch Larkin Australia25.53Q
833Russell Wood Canada25.75Q
956Andrew McGovern Scotland25.98Q
1043Quah Zheng Wen Singapore25.99Q, NR
1136Jordan Sloan Northern Ireland26.25Q
1253Jack Ness Scotland26.47Q
1347Grant Halsall Isle of Man26.51Q
1446Rory Lamont Scotland26.56Q
1537Jordan Augier Saint Lucia26.82Q
1632Tom Gallichan Jersey27.19Q
1752Tern Jian Han Malaysia27.32
1842Timothy Wynter Jamaica27.47
1941Hamdan Bayusuf Kenya27.53
2031Christopher Courtis Barbados27.70
2151Heshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka27.86
2258James Jurkiewicz Guernsey27.89
2325Igor Mogne Mozambique28.19
2423Alexandros Axiotis Zambia28.24
2548Alex McCallum Cayman Islands28.27
2638Xander Beaton Guernsey28.86
2724Jordan Gonzalez Gibraltar29.83
2826Hilal Hemed Hilal Tanzania30.11
2928Arnold Kisulo Uganda30.73
=3013Dean Hoffman Seychelles30.87
27Milimo Mweetwa Zambia
3214Andrew Hopkin Grenada30.97
3316Storm Halbich Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.80
3422Haris Bandey Pakistan32.05
3521Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32.28
3612Dillon Gooding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32.64
3715Nana Antwi Ghana33.63

Semifinals
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Ben Treffers Australia24.78Q
224Chris Walker-Hebborn England24.92Q
315Marco Loughran Wales25.12Q
414Josh Beaver Australia25.20Q
523Liam Tancock England25.21Q
626Mitch Larkin Australia25.22Q
716Russell Wood Canada25.29Q
813George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago25.39Q
912Quah Zheng Wen Singapore26.15
1017Jack Ness Scotland26.17
1122Andrew McGovern Scotland26.19
1227Jordan Sloan Northern Ireland26.28
1311Rory Lamont Scotland26.69
1421Grant Halsall Isle of Man26.72
1528Jordan Augier Saint Lucia26.82
1618Tom Gallichan Jersey27.16

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Ben Treffers Australia24.67
7Mitch Larkin Australia24.80
2Liam Tancock England24.98
45Chris Walker-Hebborn England25.14
56Josh Beaver Australia25.19
63Marco Loughran Wales25.36
71Russell Wood Canada25.55
88Quah Zheng Wen Singapore26.26

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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