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

Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July 2014 (heats & semis) 25 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	35 from 23 nations
Winning time	30.59
Medalists
Leiston Pickett   Australia   Alia Atkinson   Jamaica   Corrie Scott   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 women's 50 metre breaststroke 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 Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the quaichs were presented by Michael Fennell, Honorary Life Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and President of the Jamaica Olympic Association.

Records

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

World record	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	29.48	Barcelona, Spain	3 August 2013
Games record	Jade Edmistone (AUS)	30.51	Melbourne, Australia	16 March 2006
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Semifinal	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.17	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Atkinson, AliaAlia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.49	Q
2	4	4	Taylor, SophieSophie Taylor	England	30.56	Q
3	3	5	Scott, CorrieCorrie Scott	Scotland	30.64	Q
4	5	4	Pickett, LeistonLeiston Pickett	Australia	30.70	Q
5	4	6	McMahon, SycerikaSycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	31.12	Q
6	5	5	Hunter, SallySally Hunter	Australia	31.13	Q
7	5	3	van Beilen, TeraTera van Beilen	Canada	31.31	Q
8	4	3	Johnstone, KathrynKathryn Johnstone	Scotland	31.38	Q
9	5	6	Nicholas, Tara-LynnTara-Lynn Nicholas	South Africa	31.48	Q
10	4	5	Tonks, LornaLorna Tonks	Australia	31.70	Q
11	3	3	Strachan, AndreaAndrea Strachan	Scotland	31.90	Q
12	3	6	Kinley, LauraLaura Kinley	Isle of Man	31.97	Q
13	5	2	Renshaw, MollyMolly Renshaw	England	32.72	Q
14	3	8	Sloan, BethanBethan Sloan	Wales	33.22	Q
15	5	7	Yeo, SamanthaSamantha Yeo	Singapore	33.26	Q
16	4	7	Robinson, NiamhNiamh Robinson	Isle of Man	33.28	Q
17	3	2	Kong, ErikaErika Kong	Malaysia	33.51
18	4	2	Loh, ChristinaChristina Loh	Malaysia	33.64
19	2	2	Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	Kenya	33.83
20	2	3	Lunkuse, JamilaJamila Lunkuse	Uganda	34.62
21	4	1	Chrysostomou, IreneIrene Chrysostomou	Cyprus	34.68
22	3	1	Joachim, IzzyIzzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.80
23	3	7	Paljk, TilkaTilka Paljk	Zambia	35.19
24	2	5	Swan, LiannaLianna Swan	Pakistan	35.72	NR[1]
25	2	4	Cherebin, OreoluwaOreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	35.78
26	2	7	Khatun, MahfuzaMahfuza Khatun	Bangladesh	35.88
27	5	8	Redza Goh, Nadia AdriannaNadia Adrianna Redza Goh	Malaysia	35.95
28	5	1	Vali-Skelton, BarbaraBarbara Vali-Skelton	Papua New Guinea	36.13
29	4	8	McCarthy, TeganTegan McCarthy	Papua New Guinea	36.32
30	2	8	Flynn, JocelynJocelyn Flynn	Papua New Guinea	36.44
31	2	1	Jayasekera, NadeeraNadeera Jayasekera	Sri Lanka	36.52
32	1	5	Opiyo, MarthaMartha Opiyo	Kenya	36.81
33	1	4	Foum, MariamMariam Foum	Tanzania	37.61
34	2	6	Bandey, AnumAnum Bandey	Pakistan	38.93
35	1	3	Sajina, AishathAishath Sajina	Maldives	40.81

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Atkinson, AliaAlia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.17	Q, GR
2	1	5	Pickett, LeistonLeiston Pickett	Australia	30.64	Q
3	2	6	van Beilen, TeraTera van Beilen	Canada	30.74	Q
4	2	5	Scott, CorrieCorrie Scott	Scotland	30.79	Q
5	1	4	Taylor, SophieSophie Taylor	England	30.86	Q
6	1	6	Johnstone, KathrynKathryn Johnstone	Scotland	31.12	Q
7	1	2	Tonks, LornaLorna Tonks	Australia	31.44	Q
8	2	7	Strachan, AndreaAndrea Strachan	Scotland	31.52	Q
9	2	3	McMahon, SycerikaSycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	31.56
10	1	3	Hunter, SallySally Hunter	Australia	31.60
11	1	7	Kinley, LauraLaura Kinley	Isle of Man	32.05
12	2	2	Nicholas, Tara-LynnTara-Lynn Nicholas	South Africa	32.32
13	2	1	Renshaw, MollyMolly Renshaw	England	32.47
14	2	8	Yeo, SamanthaSamantha Yeo	Singapore	32.83
15	1	8	Robinson, NiamhNiamh Robinson	Isle of Man	33.38
16	1	1	Sloan, BethanBethan Sloan	Wales	33.87

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Pickett, LeistonLeiston Pickett	Australia	30.59
	4	Atkinson, AliaAlia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.67
	6	Scott, CorrieCorrie Scott	Scotland	30.75
4	2	Taylor, SophieSophie Taylor	England	31.08
5	3	van Beilen, TeraTera van Beilen	Canada	31.22
6	7	Johnstone, KathrynKathryn Johnstone	Scotland	31.47
7	1	Tonks, LornaLorna Tonks	Australia	31.48
8	8	Strachan, AndreaAndrea Strachan	Scotland	31.99

References

1. Hammond, Ashley (31 July 2014). "UAE-based Pakistani swimmer Lianna Swan breaks records at Commonwealth Games". Gulf News (Dubai: Al Nisr Publishing). Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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