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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
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
gold medal  Chris Walker-Hebborn   England
silver medal  Mitch Larkin   Australia
bronze medal  Liam Tancock   England
bronze medal  Josh Beaver   Australia
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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
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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 Chris Walker-Hebborn England 53.30 Q, GR
2 5 5 Josh Beaver Australia 53.68 Q
3 4 4 Mitch Larkin Australia 54.18 Q
4 5 3 Corey Main New Zealand 54.40 Q
5 4 5 Liam Tancock England 54.51 Q
6 3 4 Ben Treffers Australia 54.74 Q
7 5 6 Russell Wood Canada 54.83 Q
8 3 5 Marco Loughran Wales 54.96 Q
9 3 3 Craig McNally Scotland 55.28 Q
10 4 6 Ryan Bennett Scotland 55.35 Q
11 5 2 Xavier Mohammed Wales 55.67 Q
12 4 3 Darren Murray South Africa 55.78 Q
13 4 2 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 56.37 Q
14 3 7 Otto Putland Wales 57.31 Q
15 3 6 Grant Halsall Isle of Man 57.82 Q
16 3 2 Jordan Sloan Northern Ireland 58.01 Q
17 4 7 Tern Jian Han Malaysia 58.50
18 5 1 Heshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka 58.76
19 4 1 Tom Gallichan Jersey 58.92
20 1 3 Timothy Wynter Jamaica 58.97
21 5 8 Jordan Augier Saint Lucia 59.36
22 3 1 Christopher Courtis Barbados 59.71
23 5 7 Hamdan Bayusuf Kenya 1:00.07
24 2 4 James Jurkiewicz Guernsey 1:00.29
25 2 6 Igor Mogne Mozambique 1:00.74
26 3 8 Alex McCallum Cayman Islands 1:01.22
27 2 3 Alexandros Axiotis Zambia 1:01.64
28 4 8 William Clark Fiji 1:01.76
29 2 5 Mathieu Marquet Mauritius 1:02.55
30 2 2 Jordan Gonzalez Gibraltar 1:04.50
31 1 5 Arnold Kisulo Uganda 1:06.41
32 2 7 Milimo Mweetwa Zambia 1:07.22
33 1 4 Dean Hoffman Seychelles 1:09.60

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[9][10]
1 2 5 Mitch Larkin Australia 53.33 Q
2 2 3 Liam Tancock England 53.49 Q
3 2 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn England 53.57 Q
4 1 4 Josh Beaver Australia 53.74 Q
5 1 5 Corey Main New Zealand 54.28 Q
6 2 2 Craig McNally Scotland 54.40 Q
7 2 6 Russell Wood Canada 54.45 Q
8 1 3 Ben Treffers Australia 54.60 Q
9 1 2 Ryan Bennett Scotland 54.87
10 1 6 Marco Loughran Wales 55.09
11 2 7 Xavier Mohammed Wales 55.26
12 1 7 Darren Murray South Africa 55.68
13 2 1 Quah Zheng Wen Singapore 56.43
14 2 8 Grant Halsall Isle of Man 56.78
15 1 1 Otto Putland Wales 56.83
16 1 8 Jordan Sloan Northern Ireland 57.03

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes[11]
1st 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn England 53.12 GR
2nd 4 Mitch Larkin Australia 53.59
=3rd 5 Liam Tancock England 53.75
6 Josh Beaver Australia
5 8 Ben Treffers Australia 53.84
6 2 Corey Main New Zealand 54.40
7 7 Craig McNally Scotland 54.54
8 1 Russell Wood Canada 54.56

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