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

The women's 50 metre butterfly 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.

Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (heats & semis)
27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (final)
Competitors47 from 29 nations
Winning time25.20 GR
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    Bahamas
bronze medal    Australia
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The medals were presented by Tony Ward, International Paralympics Committee Technical Delegate and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

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

World record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 24.43 Borås, Sweden 5 July 2014 [1]
Commonwealth record   Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 25.48 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009
Games record   Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 26.07 Delhi, India 4 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat Francesca Halsall   England 25.64 GR
26 July Semifinal Francesca Halsall   England 25.36 GR
27 July Final Francesca Halsall   England 25.20 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Francesca Halsall   England 25.64 Q, GR
2 5 4 Brittany Elmslie   Australia 26.18 Q
3 4 4 Katerine Savard   Canada 26.33 Q
4 6 5 Alicia Coutts   Australia 26.43 Q
=5 5 5 Amy Smith   England 26.44 Q
6 6 Tao Li   Singapore
6 2 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas
8 4 5 Sandrine Mainville   Canada 26.46 Q
9 5 3 Madeline Groves   Australia 26.74 Q
=10 4 3 Laura Quilter   New Zealand 26.92 Q
6 3 Rachael Kelly   England
12 4 6 Michelle Williams   Canada 27.02 Q
13 5 6 Sian Harkin   Scotland 27.03 Q
14 5 2 Alys Thomas   Wales 27.14 Q
15 6 7 Marne Erasmus   South Africa 27.40 Q
16 5 7 Trudi Maree   South Africa 27.62 Q
17 4 2 Charlotte Atkinson   Isle of Man 27.63
18 4 7 Quah Ting Wen   Singapore 27.87
19 5 1 Marina Chan   Singapore 28.06
20 6 8 Gemma Kane   Northern Ireland 28.22
21 6 1 Yap Siew Hui   Malaysia 28.30
22 4 1 Bethany Firth   Northern Ireland 28.51
23 3 4 Trudiann Patrick   Jamaica 28.78
24 3 3 Sylvia Brunlehner   Kenya 28.79
25 3 5 Felicity Passon   Seychelles 28.95
26 5 8 Jannah Sonnenschein   Mozambique 29.13
27 3 2 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 29.30
28 3 6 Emily Chan Chee   Mauritius 29.34
29 4 8 Caroline Puamau   Fiji 29.46
30 2 6 Joyce Tafatatha   Malawi 29.59
31 3 7 Ophelia Swayne   Ghana 29.66
32 2 1 Izzy Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30.10
33 2 3 Oreoluwa Cherebin   Grenada 30.20
34 2 2 Kimiko Raheem   Sri Lanka 30.44
35 2 4 Tegan McCarthy   Papua New Guinea 30.55
36 2 5 Kiran Khan   Pakistan 30.56
37 3 8 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 30.67
38 1 2 Amarah Phillip   British Virgin Islands 30.94
39 1 4 Evelina Afoa   Samoa 31.23
40 1 1 Ger Ogot   Kenya 31.31
41 1 3 Tieri Erasito   Fiji 31.40
42 1 6 Savannah Tkatchenko   Papua New Guinea 31.79
43 2 8 Anita Field   Kenya 31.84
44 3 1 Irene Prescott   Tonga 31.98
45 1 5 Nadeera Jayasekera   Sri Lanka 32.05
46 2 7 Areeba Shaikh   Pakistan 32.12
47 1 7 Aminath Shajan   Maldives 35.00

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Francesca Halsall   England 25.36 Q, GR
2 2 6 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 25.90 Q
3 1 4 Brittany Elmslie   Australia 25.91 Q
4 2 5 Katerine Savard   Canada 26.31 Q
5 1 3 Tao Li   Singapore 26.33 Q
6 2 3 Amy Smith   England 26.43 Q
7 1 6 Sandrine Mainville   Canada 26.48 Q
8 1 5 Alicia Coutts   Australia 26.49 Q
9 2 2 Madeline Groves   Australia 26.62
10 2 7 Rachael Kelly   England 26.68
11 1 2 Laura Quilter   New Zealand 27.00
12 1 1 Alys Thomas   Wales 27.03
13 1 7 Michelle Williams   Canada 27.04
14 2 8 Marne Erasmus   South Africa 27.45
15 2 1 Sian Harkin   Scotland 27.52
16 1 8 Trudi Maree   South Africa 27.64

Finals

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Francesca Halsall   England 25.20 GR
  5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 25.53
  3 Brittany Elmslie   Australia 25.91
4 7 Amy Smith   England 26.24
5 2 Tao Li   Singapore 26.26
6 6 Katerine Savard   Canada 26.27
7 8 Alicia Coutts   Australia 26.52
8 1 Sandrine Mainville   Canada 26.64

References

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  1. ^ "Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 25-Second Barrier With World Record in 50 Fly in Sweden". Swimming World Magazine. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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