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 (heats & semis) 27 July 2014 (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
	4	Treffers, BenBen Treffers	Australia	24.67
	7	Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin	Australia	24.80
	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	2	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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