Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July 2014 (heats & semis) 25 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	33 from 26 nations
Winning time	53.12 GR
Medalists
Chris Walker-Hebborn   England   Mitch Larkin   Australia   Liam Tancock   England   Josh Beaver   Australia

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 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Judy Simons, President of the Bermuda Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by Andrew Fraser, 2013 Jim Clark Memorial Award winner and Ford's Gasoline Calibration Manager.

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	51.94	Indianapolis, United States	8 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Liam Tancock (ENG)	53.59	Delhi, India	8 October 2010	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Heat	Chris Walker-Hebborn	England	53.30	GR
25 July	Final	Chris Walker-Hebborn	England	53.12	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[4][5][6][7][8]
1	5	4	Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn	England	53.30	Q, GR
2	5	5	Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver	Australia	53.68	Q
3	4	4	Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin	Australia	54.18	Q
4	5	3	Main, CoreyCorey Main	New Zealand	54.40	Q
5	4	5	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	England	54.51	Q
6	3	4	Treffers, BenBen Treffers	Australia	54.74	Q
7	5	6	Wood, RussellRussell Wood	Canada	54.83	Q
8	3	5	Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran	Wales	54.96	Q
9	3	3	McNally, CraigCraig McNally	Scotland	55.28	Q
10	4	6	Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett	Scotland	55.35	Q
11	5	2	Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed	Wales	55.67	Q
12	4	3	Murray, DarrenDarren Murray	South Africa	55.78	Q
13	4	2	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	56.37	Q
14	3	7	Putland, OttoOtto Putland	Wales	57.31	Q
15	3	6	Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall	Isle of Man	57.82	Q
16	3	2	Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan	Northern Ireland	58.01	Q
17	4	7	Tern Jian Han	Malaysia	58.50
18	5	1	Unamboowe, HeshanHeshan Unamboowe	Sri Lanka	58.76
19	4	1	Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan	Jersey	58.92
20	1	3	Wynter, TimothyTimothy Wynter	Jamaica	58.97
21	5	8	Augier, JordanJordan Augier	Saint Lucia	59.36
22	3	1	Courtis, ChristopherChristopher Courtis	Barbados	59.71
23	5	7	Bayusuf, HamdanHamdan Bayusuf	Kenya	1:00.07
24	2	4	Jurkiewicz, JamesJames Jurkiewicz	Guernsey	1:00.29
25	2	6	Mogne, IgorIgor Mogne	Mozambique	1:00.74
26	3	8	McCallum, AlexAlex McCallum	Cayman Islands	1:01.22
27	2	3	Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis	Zambia	1:01.64
28	4	8	Clark, WilliamWilliam Clark	Fiji	1:01.76
29	2	5	Marquet, MathieuMathieu Marquet	Mauritius	1:02.55
30	2	2	Gonzalez, JordanJordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	1:04.50
31	1	5	Kisulo, ArnoldArnold Kisulo	Uganda	1:06.41
32	2	7	Mweetwa, MilimoMilimo Mweetwa	Zambia	1:07.22
33	1	4	Hoffman, DeanDean Hoffman	Seychelles	1:09.60

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[9][10]
1	2	5	Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin	Australia	53.33	Q
2	2	3	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	England	53.49	Q
3	2	4	Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn	England	53.57	Q
4	1	4	Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver	Australia	53.74	Q
5	1	5	Main, CoreyCorey Main	New Zealand	54.28	Q
6	2	2	McNally, CraigCraig McNally	Scotland	54.40	Q
7	2	6	Wood, RussellRussell Wood	Canada	54.45	Q
8	1	3	Treffers, BenBen Treffers	Australia	54.60	Q
9	1	2	Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett	Scotland	54.87
10	1	6	Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran	Wales	55.09
11	2	7	Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed	Wales	55.26
12	1	7	Murray, DarrenDarren Murray	South Africa	55.68
13	2	1	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	56.43
14	2	8	Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall	Isle of Man	56.78
15	1	1	Putland, OttoOtto Putland	Wales	56.83
16	1	8	Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan	Northern Ireland	57.03

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[11]
	3	Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn	England	53.12	GR
	4	Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin	Australia	53.59
=	5	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	England	53.75
	6	Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver	Australia
5	8	Treffers, BenBen Treffers	Australia	53.84
6	2	Main, CoreyCorey Main	New Zealand	54.40
7	7	McNally, CraigCraig McNally	Scotland	54.54
8	1	Wood, RussellRussell Wood	Canada	54.56

References

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2. "Aaron Peirsol's stunning swim steals limelight from Michael Phelps". Guardian.co.uk. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
4. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 1". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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6. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
7. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 4". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
8. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
9. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 1". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
10. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 2". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
11. "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Final". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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