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

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	25 July 2014 (heats & semis) 26 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	57 from 33 nations
Winning time	23.96 GR
Medalists
Francesca Halsall   England   Cate Campbell   Australia   Bronte Campbell   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 women's 50 metre freestyle 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 Alison Sheppard, 2002 Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by Francis Paul, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee Kenya.

Records

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

World record	Britta Steffen (GER)	23.73	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Libby Lenton (AUS)	24.61	Melbourne, Australia	20 March 2006
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 July	Heat	Bronte Campbell	Australia	24.52	GR
25 July	Heat	Francesca Halsall	England	24.31	GR
25 July	Semifinal	Cate Campbell	Australia	24.17	GR
25 July	Semifinal	Francesca Halsall	England	24.14	GR
26 July	Final	Francesca Halsall	England	23.96	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	24.31	Q, GR
2	8	4	Campbell, CateCate Campbell	Australia	24.33	Q
3	6	4	Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell	Australia	24.52	Q, GR
4	7	3	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	24.61	Q
5	8	5	Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger	Australia	24.87	Q
6	7	5	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	25.08	Q
7	8	3	Harkin, SianSian Harkin	Scotland	25.30	Q
8	6	5	Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon	Canada	25.38	Q
9	7	6	Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams	Canada	25.48	Q
10	6	3	Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville	Canada	25.62	Q
11	8	6	Lloyd, JessJess Lloyd	England	25.64	Q
12	8	2	Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree	South Africa	25.80	Q
13	6	6	Lim, AmandaAmanda Lim	Singapore	25.81	Q
14	7	7	Weech, ArielAriel Weech	Bahamas	25.93	Q
15	6	2	Chui Lai Kwan	Malaysia	26.00	Q, NR[3]
16	7	2	McCarthy, HannahHannah McCarthy	Wales	26.12	Q
17	8	7	Chan, MarinaMarina Chan	Singapore	26.17
18	7	1	Brunlehner, SylviaSylvia Brunlehner	Kenya	26.86
19	6	1	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	26.87
20	8	1	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	26.90
21	5	7	Plateau de Maroussen, OliviaOlivia Plateau de Maroussen	Mauritius	26.99
22	5	2	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	27.23
23	6	7	Davies, MariMari Davies	Wales	27.25
24	3	5	Joachim, IzzyIzzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.30
25	5	1	Kinley, LauraLaura Kinley	Isle of Man	27.34
26	8	8	Pissaridou, MargaritaMargarita Pissaridou	Cyprus	27.42
27	4	4	Lunkuse, JamilaJamila Lunkuse	Uganda	27.43
28	4	3	Butcher, CourtneyCourtney Butcher	Guernsey	27.48
29	6	8	Passon, FelicityFelicity Passon	Seychelles	27.52
30	5	6	Phillip, ElinahElinah Phillip	British Virgin Islands	27.57
31	7	8	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Northern Ireland	27.61
32	5	3	Bethel, RachelRachel Bethel	Northern Ireland	27.70
33	4	7	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	27.75
34	4	5	Chan Chee, EmilyEmily Chan Chee	Mauritius	27.83
35	5	8	Rova, CheyenneCheyenne Rova	Fiji	27.84
36	5	5	Howard, JadeJade Howard	Zambia	27.94
37	4	8	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	28.05
38	3	4	Paljk, TilkaTilka Paljk	Zambia	28.20
39	4	2	Cherebin, OreoluwaOreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	28.50
40	3	3	Vali-Skelton, BarbaraBarbara Vali-Skelton	Papua New Guinea	28.62
41	4	6	Prescott, IreneIrene Prescott	Tonga	28.77
42	3	1	Phillip, AmarahAmarah Phillip	British Virgin Islands	28.95
43	3	6	Linares, ChristinaChristina Linares	Gibraltar	29.05
44	4	1	Swayne, OpheliaOphelia Swayne	Ghana	29.09
45	3	7	Swan, LiannaLianna Swan	Pakistan	29.10
=46	2	5	Foum, MariamMariam Foum	Tanzania	29.16
	3	8	Tkatchenko, SavannahSavannah Tkatchenko	Papua New Guinea
=48	2	3	Afoa, EvelinaEvelina Afoa	Samoa	29.25
	3	2	Field, AnitaAnita Field	Kenya
50	2	6	Wall, RachelRachel Wall	Antigua and Barbuda	29.35
51	1	4	Khan, KiranKiran Khan	Pakistan	29.46
52	5	4	Millar, KirstieKirstie Millar	Malawi	29.50
53	2	4	George, OnikaOnika George	Guyana	29.55
54	1	5	Flynn, JocelynJocelyn Flynn	Papua New Guinea	29.80
55	2	2	Moshi, MagdalenaMagdalena Moshi	Tanzania	29.97
56	1	3	Lawrence, AdoraAdora Lawrence	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.23
57	2	7	Shajan, AminathAminath Shajan	Maldives	31.25

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	24.14	Q, GR
2	1	4	Campbell, CateCate Campbell	Australia	24.17	Q, GR
3	1	5	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	24.42	Q
4	2	3	Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger	Australia	24.59	Q
5	2	5	Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell	Australia	24.62	Q
6	1	3	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	25.09	Q
7	1	6	Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon	Canada	25.15	Q
8	2	6	Harkin, SianSian Harkin	Scotland	25.29	Q
9	2	2	Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams	Canada	25.45
10	2	7	Lloyd, JessJess Lloyd	England	25.59
11	1	7	Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree	South Africa	25.60
12	1	1	Weech, ArielAriel Weech	Bahamas	25.72
13	1	2	Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville	Canada	25.76
14	2	1	Lim, AmandaAmanda Lim	Singapore	25.93
15	1	8	McCarthy, HannahHannah McCarthy	Wales	25.97
16	2	8	Chui Lai Kwan	Malaysia	26.10

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	23.96	GR
	5	Campbell, CateCate Campbell	Australia	24.00
	2	Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell	Australia	24.20
4	3	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	24.34
5	6	Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger	Australia	24.39
6	1	Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon	Canada	25.29
7	8	Harkin, SianSian Harkin	Scotland	25.31
8	7	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	25.37

References

1. "Fifth gold for Phelps at swimming worlds". CNN. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
2. Bryan, Rebecca (3 August 2009). "Five-star Phelps ends worlds on golden note". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
3. Paul, Rajes (26 July 2014). "Swimmer Lai Kwan sets PB but falls short in the semis". The Star (Malaysia: Star Publications). Retrieved 20 August 2014.

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