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

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats & semis)
28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors38 from 27 nations
Winning time26.76 GR
Medalists
    South Africa
    England
    Australia

The medals were presented by Dr. Sharad Rao, Honorary Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Prof. Lorne Crerar, Chairman of Harper Macleod.

Records

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

World record Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)26.67Rome, Italy29 July 2009[1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)27.18Delhi, India8 October 2010[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyHeatAdam Peaty England27.00GR
27 JulySemifinalCameron van der Burgh South Africa26.80GR
28 JulyFinalCameron van der Burgh South Africa26.76GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145Adam Peaty England27.00Q, GR
244Cameron van der Burgh South Africa27.39Q
355Ross Murdoch Scotland27.44Q
434Glenn Snyders New Zealand27.45Q
554Christian Sprenger Australia27.57Q
635Mark Tully Scotland27.77Q
743Joe Welstead Scotland27.90Q
856Robert Holderness Wales27.93Q
953Richard Funk Canada28.02Q
1033Sandeep Sejwal India28.17Q
1146James Wilby England28.36Q
1252Bradley Tandy South Africa28.57Q
1336Ian Black Jersey28.64Q
1457Michael Dawson Northern Ireland28.92Q
1547Dustin Tynes Bahamas29.08Q
1632Kenneth To Australia29.17Q
1742Shaun Yap Malaysia29.60
1841Meli Malani Fiji29.87
=1937David Ebanks Cayman Islands30.04
58Luke Belton Guernsey
2148Micah Fernandes Kenya30.08
2238Alexandros Axiotis Zambia30.25
2325Guy Davies Isle of Man30.28
2451Christopher Cheong Singapore30.50
2531Thomas Hollingsworth Guernsey30.64
2624Tory Pragassa Kenya30.73
2726Corey Ollivierre Grenada31.12
2827Kyle Dougan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.16
2923Colin Bensadon Gibraltar31.90
3014Matthew Shone Zambia32.08
3116Andrew Hopkin Grenada32.89
3222Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.49
3321J'air Smith Antigua and Barbuda33.62
3428Joshua Tibatemwa Uganda33.72
3515Mark Hoare Swaziland33.77
3612Shane Cadogan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines34.00
3717Patrick Rukundo Rwanda34.33
13Shakil Fakir MozambiqueDNS

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114Cameron van der Burgh South Africa26.80Q, GR
224Adam Peaty England26.99Q
323Christian Sprenger Australia27.11Q
413Mark Tully Scotland27.37Q
525Ross Murdoch Scotland27.41Q
615Glenn Snyders New Zealand27.43Q
726Joe Welstead Scotland27.73Q
822Richard Funk Canada27.93Q
912Sandeep Sejwal India28.12
1016Robert Holderness Wales28.26
1127James Wilby England28.60
=1211Michael Dawson Northern Ireland28.87
21Ian Black Jersey
1418Kenneth To Australia29.33
1528Dustin Tynes Bahamas29.53
17Bradley Tandy South AfricaDSQ

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Cameron van der Burgh South Africa26.76GR
5Adam Peaty England26.78
3Christian Sprenger Australia27.46
46Mark Tully Scotland27.47
57Glenn Snyders New Zealand27.53
62Ross Murdoch Scotland27.65
71Joe Welstead Scotland27.99
88Richard Funk Canada28.21

References

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