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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis) 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors	28 from 15 nations
Winning time	59.37 GR
Medalists
Emily Seebohm   Australia   Georgia Davies   Wales   Belinda Hocking   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 women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 and 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Suzanne Weckend-Dill, Athlete Representative of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

Records

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

World record	Gemma Spofforth (GBR)	58.12	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Emily Seebohm (AUS)	59.53	Delhi, India	9 October 2010
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 July	Heat	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.51	GR
26 July	Final	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.37	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	0:59.51 !59.51	Q, GR
2	2	4	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	0:59.78 !59.78	Q
3	4	5	Russell, SineadSinead Russell	Canada	1:00.15	Q
4	3	5	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	1:00.67	Q
5	4	3	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	1:00.70	Q
6	2	5	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	1:00.79	Q
7	3	4	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	1:00.86	Q
8	2	6	Dawson, KathleenKathleen Dawson	Scotland	1:00.91	Q
9	3	3	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	1:01.05	Q
10	2	3	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	1:01.10	Q
11	4	6	Fullalove , JessicaJessica Fullalove	England	1:01.58	Q
12	3	2	Williams, RachelRachel Williams	Wales	1:02.98	Q
13	3	6	Ashley-Cooper, JessicaJessica Ashley-Cooper	South Africa	1:03.61	Q
14	2	2	Stirrat, DanielleDanielle Stirrat	Wales	1:04.76	Q
15	3	7	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	1:06.36	Q
16 !=16	4	7	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	1:07.18	QSO
	3	8	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya
18	4	1	Hew, LaurenLauren Hew	Cayman Islands	1:07.34
19	2	7	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Northern Ireland	1:08.30
20	3	1	Butler, LaraLara Butler	Cayman Islands	1:08.37
21	4	8	Butcher, CourtneyCourtney Butcher	Guernsey	1:08.46
22	2	1	Awori, DanielleDanielle Awori	Kenya	1:08.63
23	1	4	Afoa, EvelinaEvelina Afoa	Samoa	1:09.13
24	1	5	Field, AnitaAnita Field	Kenya	1:11.08
25	1	3	Khan, KiranKiran Khan	Pakistan	1:13.91
26	2	8	Tkatchenko, SavannahSavannah Tkatchenko	Papua New Guinea	1:14.90
27	1	6	Shaikh, AreebaAreeba Shaikh	Pakistan	9:59.98	DSQ
28	4	2	Tao Li	Singapore	9:59.99	DNS

Qualification swim-off

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	1:05.36	Q
2	4	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	1:07.30

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	0:59.59 !59.59	Q
2	2	6	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	0:59.63 !59.63	Q
3	2	5	Russell, SineadSinead Russell	Canada	0:59.91 !59.91	Q
4 !=4	1	3	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	0:59.98 !59.98	Q
	1	4	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia
6	2	3	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	1:00.26	Q
7	2	2	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	1:00.34	Q
8	1	5	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	1:00.37	Q
9	1	2	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	1:00.77
10	1	6	Dawson, KathleenKathleen Dawson	Scotland	1:01.17
11	2	7	Fullalove , JessicaJessica Fullalove	England	1:01.20
12	1	7	Williams, RachelRachel Williams	Wales	1:02.48
13	2	1	Ashley-Cooper, JessicaJessica Ashley-Cooper	South Africa	1:03.07
14	1	1	Stirrat, DanielleDanielle Stirrat	Wales	1:04.86
15	1	8	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	1:06.17
16	2	8	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	1:06.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	4	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	0:59.37 !59.37	GR
02 !	5	Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	0:59.58 !59.58
03 !	6	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	0:59.93 !59.93
4	8	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	1:00.19
5	2	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	1:00.26
6	3	Russell, SineadSinead Russell	Canada	1:00.27
7	1	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	1:00.45
8	7	Snodgrass, BrooklynnBrooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	1:00.58

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