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

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	28 July 2014 (heats & semis) 29 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	35 from 23 nations
Winning time	27.56 GR
Medalists
Georgia Davies   Wales   Lauren Quigley   England   Brooklynn Snodgrass   Canada

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 backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Helen Jaques, Aquatics Competition Manager, Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Miriam Moyo, Commonwealth Games Federation Regional Vice-President, Africa and President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia.

Records

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

World record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Sophie Edington (AUS)	28.00	Delhi, India	8 October 2010
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
28 July	Heat	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.90	GR
28 July	Semifinal	Emily Seebohm	Australia	27.89	GR
28 July	Semifinal	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.61	GR
29 July	Final	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.56	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	27.90	Q, GR
2	3	4	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	28.03	Q
3	4	4	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	28.39	Q
4	3	5	Dawson, KathleenKathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.56	Q
5	5	5	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	28.60	Q
6	4	5	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	28.80	Q
7	3	3	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	29.00	Q
8	4	3	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	29.01	Q
9	5	6	Tao Li	Singapore	29.11	Q
10	4	6	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	29.31	Q
11	5	3	Fullalove, JessicaJessica Fullalove	England	29.43	Q
12	5	7	Hew, LaurenLauren Hew	Cayman Islands	30.55	Q
13	5	2	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	30.73	Q
14	3	6	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	30.77	Q
15	3	7	Robinson, NiamhNiamh Robinson	Isle of Man	31.03	Q
16	4	2	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	31.14	Q
17	2	4	Butcher, CourtneyCourtney Butcher	Guernsey	31.37
18	3	2	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	31.90
19	2	6	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	31.92
20	5	1	Rova, CheyenneCheyenne Rova	Fiji	32.26
21	3	8	Afoa, EvelinaEvelina Afoa	Samoa	32.28
22	4	8	Jayasekera, NadeeraNadeera Jayasekera	Sri Lanka	32.31
23	5	8	Awori, DanielleDanielle Awori	Kenya	32.41
24	2	2	Chan Chee, EmilyEmily Chan Chee	Mauritius	32.63
25	2	3	Passon, FelicityFelicity Passon	Seychelles	32.74
26	4	1	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Northern Ireland	32.80
27	1	3	Field, AnitaAnita Field	Kenya	32.86
28	2	5	Tkatchenko, SavannahSavannah Tkatchenko	Papua New Guinea	33.01
29	4	7	Howard, JadeJade Howard	Zambia	33.10
30	2	7	Khan, KiranKiran Khan	Pakistan	33.11
31	1	5	Joachim, IzzyIzzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33.52
32	1	4	Khan, BismaBisma Khan	Pakistan	33.65
33	2	8	McCarthy, TeganTegan McCarthy	Papua New Guinea	33.74
34	2	1	George, OnikaOnika George	Guyana	34.64
35	3	1	Prescott, IreneIrene Prescott	Tonga	34.66

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	27.61	Q, GR
2	2	5	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	27.72	Q
3	1	4	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	27.89	Q, GR
4	1	3	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	28.25	Q
5	2	3	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	28.40	Q
6	1	5	Dawson, KathleenKathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.55	Q
7	2	6	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	28.63	Q
8	1	6	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	28.87	Q
9	2	2	Tao Li	Singapore	29.13
10	1	2	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	29.37
11	2	7	Fullalove, JessicaJessica Fullalove	England	29.42
12	2	1	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	30.46
13	1	1	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	30.87
14	1	7	Hew, LaurenLauren Hew	Cayman Islands	31.08
15	1	8	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	31.11
16	2	8	Robinson, NiamhNiamh Robinson	Isle of Man	31.30

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	27.56	GR
	5	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	27.69
	6	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	27.97
4	3	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	27.98
5	7	Dawson, KathleenKathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.47
6	1	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	28.54
7	8	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	28.58
8	2	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	28.86

References

1. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Zhao Jing Reclaims 50 Back World Record For The Win". Swimming World Magazine. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. "China strikes 2 golds in swimming worlds". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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