Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 and 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Five heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats summary

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Marco Loughran   Wales 54.95 Q
2 4 5 Daniel Bell   New Zealand 55.03 Q
3 4 4 Liam Tancock   England 55.15 Q
4 4 3 Christopher Walker-Hebborn   England 55.18 Q
5 2 4 Ashley Delaney   Australia 55.35 Q
6 3 5 Daniel Arnamnart   Australia 55.63 Q
7 2 3 Charl Crous   South Africa 55.69 Q
8 2 5 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 55.85 Q
9 3 3 Charles Francis   Canada 56.06 Q
10 3 6 Ryan Bennett   England 56.07 Q
11 4 2 Craig McNally   Scotland 56.92 Q
12 4 6 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 57.15 Q
13 3 7 Ian Kumarakulasinghe   Malaysia 58.54 Q
14 3 2 Balakrishnan Melkote   India 59.03 Q
15 2 7 Heshan Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 59.35 Q
16 2 8 Zane Jordan   Zambia 59.89 Q

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Daniel Bell   New Zealand 54.38 Q, CG
2 5 Christopher Walker-Hebborn   England 54.76 Q
3 6 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 55.26 Q
4 2 Ryan Bennett   England 55.50 Q
5 3 Daniel Arnamnart   Australia 55.66
6 7 Tobias Oriwol   Canada 55.76
7 1 Balakrishnan Melkote   India 59.25
8 8 Zane Jordan   Zambia 59.42

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Ashley Delaney   Australia 54.31 Q, CG
2 5 Liam Tancock   England 54.32 Q
3 4 Marco Loughran   Wales 54.45 Q
4 6 Charl Crous   South Africa 55.28 Q
5 2 Charles Francis   Canada 55.88
6 7 Craig McNally   Scotland 56.45
7 1 Ian Kumarakulasinghe   Malaysia 58.46
8 8 Heshan Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 58.96

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Liam Tancock   England 53.59 CG
  3 Daniel Bell   New Zealand 54.43
  4 Ashley Delaney   Australia 54.51
4 6 Marco Loughran   Wales 54.68
5 7 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 54.91
6 2 Christopher Walker-Hebborn   England 55.04
7 8 Ryan Bennett   England 55.85
8 1 Charl Crous   South Africa 55.90

References

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  1. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".