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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	25 July 2014 (heats & semis) 26 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning time	58.94 GR
Medalists
Adam Peaty   England   Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa   Ross Murdoch   Scotland

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 breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 and 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by David Wilkie, Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by Dursley Stott, Honorary President of the Commonwealth Games Association of the Isle of Man. Adam Peaty of England won the Commonwealth title, just ahead of South Africa's Olympic champion and world record holder Cameron van der Burgh, with 200 metre breaststroke Commonwealth champion Ross Murdoch of Scotland third. The same three athletes would go on to finish in the same three positions in the event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

Records

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

World record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	58.46	London, United Kingdom	29 July 2012	[1][2]
Games record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	1:00.10	Delhi, India	6 October 2010	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 July	Heat	Adam Peaty	England	59.47	GR
25 July	Semifinal	Adam Peaty	England	59.16	GR
26 July	Final	Adam Peaty	England	58.94	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	5	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	59.47	Q, GR
2	3	4	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	1:00.63	Q
3	4	5	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	1:00.75	Q
4	4	4	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	1:00.99	Q
5	3	3	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	1:01.25	Q
6	5	3	Benson, CraigCraig Benson	Scotland	1:01.30	Q
7	4	3	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	1:01.40	Q
8	4	6	Willis, AndrewAndrew Willis	England	1:01.48	Q
9	5	6	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	1:01.52	Q
10	3	5	Jamieson, MichaelMichael Jamieson	Scotland	1:01.98	Q
11	5	4	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	1:02.30	Q
12	3	6	Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	1:02.97	Q
13	3	2	Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson	Northern Ireland	1:04.37	Q
14	4	7	Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes	Bahamas	1:04.42	Q
15	5	7	Black, IanIan Black	Jersey	1:04.43	Q
16	5	1	Fletcher, JulianJulian Fletcher	Bermuda	1:04.92	Q
17	5	2	Cheong, ChristopherChristopher Cheong	Singapore	1:05.14
18	5	8	Belton, LukeLuke Belton	Guernsey	1:05.17
19	4	1	Hollingsworth, ThomasThomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	1:05.73
20	3	1	Davies, GuyGuy Davies	Isle of Man	1:05.92
21	4	8	Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis	Zambia	1:06.03
22	4	2	Yap, ShaunShaun Yap	Malaysia	1:06.49
23	3	7	Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes	Kenya	1:07.09
24	2	4	Goveia, RalphRalph Goveia	Zambia	1:07.54
25	2	5	Ebanks, DavidDavid Ebanks	Cayman Islands	1:08.36
26	2	3	Pragassa, ToryTory Pragassa	Kenya	1:09.26
27	2	6	Ollivierre, CoreyCorey Ollivierre	Grenada	1:09.39
28	2	1	Shone, MatthewMatthew Shone	Zambia	1:10.71
29	3	8	Bensadon, ColinColin Bensadon	Gibraltar	1:11.55
30	2	7	Sylvester, NikolasNikolas Sylvester	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:12.80
31	2	2	Ekirikubinza, JoshuaJoshua Ekirikubinza	Uganda	1:16.49
32	1	4	Hoare, MarkMark Hoare	Swaziland	1:17.08
33	1	5	Cadogan, ShaneShane Cadogan	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:18.29
34	1	3	Halbich, StormStorm Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:20.24

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	59.16	Q, GR
2	1	4	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	59.72	Q
3	1	5	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	59.91	Q
4	2	5	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	59.98	Q
5	1	3	Benson, CraigCraig Benson	Scotland	1:00.40	Q
6	2	3	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	1:00.51	Q
7	2	2	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	1:00.71	Q
8	2	6	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	1:00.94	Q
9	1	6	Willis, AndrewAndrew Willis	England	1:01.35
10	2	7	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	1:01.73
11	1	2	Jamieson, MichaelMichael Jamieson	Scotland	1:02.04
12	1	7	Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	1:03.24
13	1	1	Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes	Bahamas	1:03.39
14	2	8	Black, IanIan Black	Jersey	1:04.00
15	1	8	Fletcher, JulianJulian Fletcher	Bermuda	1:04.48
16	2	1	Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson	Northern Ireland	1:04.65

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	58.94	GR
	3	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	59.28
	5	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	59.47
4	2	Benson, CraigCraig Benson	Scotland	1:00.44
5	6	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	1:00.64
6	7	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	1:00.75
7	8	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	1:01.07
8	1	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	9:59.99	DSQ

References

1. "Vollmer, van der Burgh break world records at finals". London 2012 (NBC Olympics). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
2. Ferreira-Marques, Clara (29 July 2012). "Swimming: Van der Burgh ends South African men's gold drought". Reuters. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Matthew Cowdrey Sets ParaSport World Record During Day Three Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

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