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

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors 33 from 26 nations
Winning time 53.12 GR
Medalists
 Chris Walker-Hebborn  England
 Mitch Larkin  Australia
 Liam Tancock  England
 Josh Beaver  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 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.

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

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]
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 53.59 Delhi, India 8 October 2010 [3]
Commonwealth record '

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

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[4][5][6][7][8]
1 5 4 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 53.30 Q, GR
2 5 5 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 53.68 Q
3 4 4 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 54.18 Q
4 5 3 Main, CoreyCorey Main New Zealand 54.40 Q
5 4 5 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 54.51 Q
6 3 4 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia 54.74 Q
7 5 6 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 54.83 Q
8 3 5 Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran Wales 54.96 Q
9 3 3 McNally, CraigCraig McNally Scotland 55.28 Q
10 4 6 Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett Scotland 55.35 Q
11 5 2 Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed Wales 55.67 Q
12 4 3 Murray, DarrenDarren Murray South Africa 55.78 Q
13 4 2 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 56.37 Q
14 3 7 Putland, OttoOtto Putland Wales 57.31 Q
15 3 6 Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall Isle of Man 57.82 Q
16 3 2 Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan Northern Ireland 58.01 Q
17 4 7 Tern Jian Han Malaysia 58.50
18 5 1 Unamboowe, HeshanHeshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka 58.76
19 4 1 Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan Jersey 58.92
20 1 3 Wynter, TimothyTimothy Wynter Jamaica 58.97
21 5 8 Augier, JordanJordan Augier Saint Lucia 59.36
22 3 1 Courtis, ChristopherChristopher Courtis Barbados 59.71
23 5 7 Bayusuf, HamdanHamdan Bayusuf Kenya 1:00.07
24 2 4 Jurkiewicz, JamesJames Jurkiewicz Guernsey 1:00.29
25 2 6 Mogne, IgorIgor Mogne Mozambique 1:00.74
26 3 8 McCallum, AlexAlex McCallum Cayman Islands 1:01.22
27 2 3 Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis Zambia 1:01.64
28 4 8 Clark, WilliamWilliam Clark Fiji 1:01.76
29 2 5 Marquet, MathieuMathieu Marquet Mauritius 1:02.55
30 2 2 Gonzalez, JordanJordan Gonzalez Gibraltar 1:04.50
31 1 5 Kisulo, ArnoldArnold Kisulo Uganda 1:06.41
32 2 7 Mweetwa, MilimoMilimo Mweetwa Zambia 1:07.22
33 1 4 Hoffman, DeanDean Hoffman Seychelles 1:09.60

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[9][10]
1 2 5 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 53.33 Q
2 2 3 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 53.49 Q
3 2 4 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 53.57 Q
4 1 4 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 53.74 Q
5 1 5 Main, CoreyCorey Main New Zealand 54.28 Q
6 2 2 McNally, CraigCraig McNally Scotland 54.40 Q
7 2 6 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 54.45 Q
8 1 3 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia 54.60 Q
9 1 2 Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett Scotland 54.87
10 1 6 Loughran, MarcoMarco Loughran Wales 55.09
11 2 7 Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed Wales 55.26
12 1 7 Murray, DarrenDarren Murray South Africa 55.68
13 2 1 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 56.43
14 2 8 Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall Isle of Man 56.78
15 1 1 Putland, OttoOtto Putland Wales 56.83
16 1 8 Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan Northern Ireland 57.03

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[11]
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn England 53.12 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 53.59
=3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock England 53.75
6 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia
5 8 Treffers, BenBen Treffers Australia 53.84
6 2 Main, CoreyCorey Main New Zealand 54.40
7 7 McNally, CraigCraig McNally Scotland 54.54
8 1 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 54.56

References

  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.
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