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

Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	27 July 2014 (heats & semis) 28 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	38 from 27 nations
Winning time	26.76 GR
Medalists
Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa   Adam Peaty   England   Christian Sprenger   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 men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Dr. Sharad Rao, Honorary Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Prof. Lorne Crerar, Chairman of Harper Macleod.

Records

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

World record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	26.67	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	27.18	Delhi, India	8 October 2010	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Heat	Adam Peaty	England	27.00	GR
27 July	Semifinal	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.80	GR
28 July	Final	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.76	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	27.00	Q, GR
2	4	4	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	27.39	Q
3	5	5	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	27.44	Q
4	3	4	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.45	Q
5	5	4	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	27.57	Q
6	3	5	Tully, MarkMark Tully	Scotland	27.77	Q
7	4	3	Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead	Scotland	27.90	Q
8	5	6	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	27.93	Q
9	5	3	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	28.02	Q
10	3	3	Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	28.17	Q
11	4	6	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	28.36	Q
12	5	2	Tandy, BradleyBradley Tandy	South Africa	28.57	Q
13	3	6	Black, IanIan Black	Jersey	28.64	Q
14	5	7	Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson	Northern Ireland	28.92	Q
15	4	7	Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes	Bahamas	29.08	Q
16	3	2	To, KennethKenneth To	Australia	29.17	Q
17	4	2	Yap, ShaunShaun Yap	Malaysia	29.60
18	4	1	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	29.87
=19	3	7	Ebanks, DavidDavid Ebanks	Cayman Islands	30.04
	5	8	Belton, LukeLuke Belton	Guernsey
21	4	8	Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes	Kenya	30.08
22	3	8	Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis	Zambia	30.25
23	2	5	Davies, GuyGuy Davies	Isle of Man	30.28
24	5	1	Cheong, ChristopherChristopher Cheong	Singapore	30.50
25	3	1	Hollingsworth, ThomasThomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	30.64
26	2	4	Pragassa, ToryTory Pragassa	Kenya	30.73
27	2	6	Ollivierre, CoreyCorey Ollivierre	Grenada	31.12
28	2	7	Dougan, KyleKyle Dougan	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.16
29	2	3	Bensadon, ColinColin Bensadon	Gibraltar	31.90
30	1	4	Shone, MatthewMatthew Shone	Zambia	32.08
31	1	6	Hopkin, AndrewAndrew Hopkin	Grenada	32.89
32	2	2	Sylvester, NikolasNikolas Sylvester	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.49
33	2	1	Smith, J'airJ'air Smith	Antigua and Barbuda	33.62
34	2	8	Ekirikubinza, JoshuaJoshua Ekirikubinza	Uganda	33.72
35	1	5	Hoare, MarkMark Hoare	Swaziland	33.77
36	1	2	Cadogan, ShaneShane Cadogan	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.00
37	1	7	Rukundo, PatrickPatrick Rukundo	Rwanda	34.33
38	1	3	Fakir, ShakilShakil Fakir	Mozambique	59.99	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.80	Q, GR
2	2	4	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	26.99	Q
3	2	3	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	27.11	Q
4	1	3	Tully, MarkMark Tully	Scotland	27.37	Q
5	2	5	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	27.41	Q
6	1	5	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.43	Q
7	2	6	Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead	Scotland	27.73	Q
8	2	2	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	27.93	Q
9	1	2	Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	28.12
10	1	6	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	28.26
11	2	7	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	28.60
=12	1	1	Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson	Northern Ireland	28.87
	2	1	Black, IanIan Black	Jersey
14	1	8	To, KennethKenneth To	Australia	29.33
15	2	8	Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes	Bahamas	29.53
16	1	7	Tandy, BradleyBradley Tandy	South Africa	59.99	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.76	GR
	5	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	26.78
	3	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	27.46
4	6	Tully, MarkMark Tully	Scotland	27.47
5	7	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.53
6	2	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	27.65
7	1	Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead	Scotland	27.99
8	8	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	28.21

References

1. "SA's Cameron tops himself and grabs the gold". Independent Online (South Africa). 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". Swimming World Magazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

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