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

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors33 from 26 nations
Winning time53.12 GR
Medalists
gold medal Chris Walker-Hebborn   England
silver medal Mitch Larkin   Australia
bronze medal Liam Tancock   England
bronze medal Josh Beaver   Australia
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The medals were presented by Judy Simons, President of the Bermuda Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by Andrew Fraser, 2013 Jim Clark Memorial Award winner and Ford's Gasoline Calibration Manager.

Records edit

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

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States 8 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Liam Tancock (ENG) 52.73 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Games record   Liam Tancock (ENG) 53.59 Delhi, India 8 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 53.30 GR
25 July Final Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 53.12 GR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[4][5][6][7][8]
1 5 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 53.30 Q, GR
2 5 5 Josh Beaver   Australia 53.68 Q
3 4 4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 54.18 Q
4 5 3 Corey Main   New Zealand 54.40 Q
5 4 5 Liam Tancock   England 54.51 Q
6 3 4 Ben Treffers   Australia 54.74 Q
7 5 6 Russell Wood   Canada 54.83 Q
8 3 5 Marco Loughran   Wales 54.96 Q
9 3 3 Craig McNally   Scotland 55.28 Q
10 4 6 Ryan Bennett   Scotland 55.35 Q
11 5 2 Xavier Mohammed   Wales 55.67 Q
12 4 3 Darren Murray   South Africa 55.78 Q
13 4 2 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 56.37 Q
14 3 7 Otto Putland   Wales 57.31 Q
15 3 6 Grant Halsall   Isle of Man 57.82 Q
16 3 2 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 58.01 Q
17 4 7 Tern Jian Han   Malaysia 58.50
18 5 1 Heshan Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 58.76
19 4 1 Tom Gallichan   Jersey 58.92
20 1 3 Timothy Wynter   Jamaica 58.97
21 5 8 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 59.36
22 3 1 Christopher Courtis   Barbados 59.71
23 5 7 Hamdan Bayusuf   Kenya 1:00.07
24 2 4 James Jurkiewicz   Guernsey 1:00.29
25 2 6 Igor Mogne   Mozambique 1:00.74
26 3 8 Alex McCallum   Cayman Islands 1:01.22
27 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis   Zambia 1:01.64
28 4 8 William Clark   Fiji 1:01.76
29 2 5 Mathieu Marquet   Mauritius 1:02.55
30 2 2 Jordan Gonzalez   Gibraltar 1:04.50
31 1 5 Arnold Kisulo   Uganda 1:06.41
32 2 7 Milimo Mweetwa   Zambia 1:07.22
33 1 4 Dean Hoffman   Seychelles 1:09.60

Semifinals edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[9][10]
1 2 5 Mitch Larkin   Australia 53.33 Q
2 2 3 Liam Tancock   England 53.49 Q
3 2 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 53.57 Q
4 1 4 Josh Beaver   Australia 53.74 Q
5 1 5 Corey Main   New Zealand 54.28 Q
6 2 2 Craig McNally   Scotland 54.40 Q
7 2 6 Russell Wood   Canada 54.45 Q
8 1 3 Ben Treffers   Australia 54.60 Q
9 1 2 Ryan Bennett   Scotland 54.87
10 1 6 Marco Loughran   Wales 55.09
11 2 7 Xavier Mohammed   Wales 55.26
12 1 7 Darren Murray   South Africa 55.68
13 2 1 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 56.43
14 2 8 Grant Halsall   Isle of Man 56.78
15 1 1 Otto Putland   Wales 56.83
16 1 8 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 57.03

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[11]
  3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   England 53.12 GR
  4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 53.59
=  5 Liam Tancock   England 53.75
6 Josh Beaver   Australia
5 8 Ben Treffers   Australia 53.84
6 2 Corey Main   New Zealand 54.40
7 7 Craig McNally   Scotland 54.54
8 1 Russell Wood   Canada 54.56

References edit

  1. ^ "Peirsol reclaims 100 back record". ESPN. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Aaron Peirsol's stunning swim steals limelight from Michael Phelps". Guardian.co.uk. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 1". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 2". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 4". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 1". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Semi-final 2". Glasgow2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Swimming; Men's 100m Backstroke Final". Glasgow2014. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

External links edit

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