Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 24 July 2014 25 July 2014 (final) | (heats & semis)|||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 30.59 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||
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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 |
100 m SB9 | women | |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | 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 breaststroke 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 Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the quaichs were presented by Michael Fennell, honorary life vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
World record | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) | 29.48 | Barcelona, Spain | 3 August 2013 |
Commonwealth record | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) | 30.16 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Games record | Jade Edmistone (AUS) | 30.51 | Melbourne, Australia | 16 March 2006 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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24 July | Semifinal | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.17 | GR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.49 | Q |
2 | 4 | 4 | Sophie Taylor | England | 30.56 | Q |
3 | 3 | 5 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 30.64 | Q |
4 | 5 | 4 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.70 | Q |
5 | 4 | 6 | Sycerika McMahon | Northern Ireland | 31.12 | Q |
6 | 5 | 5 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 31.13 | Q |
7 | 5 | 3 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 31.31 | Q |
8 | 4 | 3 | Kathryn Johnstone | Scotland | 31.38 | Q |
9 | 5 | 6 | Tara-Lynn Nicholas | South Africa | 31.48 | Q |
10 | 4 | 5 | Lorna Tonks | Australia | 31.70 | Q |
11 | 3 | 3 | Andrea Strachan | Scotland | 31.90 | Q |
12 | 3 | 6 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 31.97 | Q |
13 | 5 | 2 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.72 | Q |
14 | 3 | 8 | Bethan Sloan | Wales | 33.22 | Q |
15 | 5 | 7 | Samantha Yeo | Singapore | 33.26 | Q |
16 | 4 | 7 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 33.28 | Q |
17 | 3 | 2 | Erika Kong | Malaysia | 33.51 | |
18 | 4 | 2 | Christina Loh | Malaysia | 33.64 | |
19 | 2 | 2 | Rebecca Kamau | Kenya | 33.83 | |
20 | 2 | 3 | Jamila Lunkuse | Uganda | 34.62 | |
21 | 4 | 1 | Irene Chrysostomou | Cyprus | 34.68 | |
22 | 3 | 1 | Izzy Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.80 | |
23 | 3 | 7 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 35.19 | |
24 | 2 | 5 | Lianna Swan | Pakistan | 35.72 | NR[1] |
25 | 2 | 4 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 35.78 | |
26 | 2 | 7 | Mahfuza Khatun | Bangladesh | 35.88 | |
27 | 5 | 8 | Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh | Malaysia | 35.95 | |
28 | 5 | 1 | Barbara Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 36.13 | |
29 | 4 | 8 | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 36.32 | |
30 | 2 | 8 | Jocelyn Flynn | Papua New Guinea | 36.44 | |
31 | 2 | 1 | Nadeera Jayasekera | Sri Lanka | 36.52 | |
32 | 1 | 5 | Martha Opiyo | Kenya | 36.81 | |
33 | 1 | 4 | Mariam Foum | Tanzania | 37.61 | |
34 | 2 | 6 | Anum Bandey | Pakistan | 38.93 | |
35 | 1 | 3 | Aishath Sajina | Maldives | 40.81 |
Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.17 | Q, GR |
2 | 1 | 5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.64 | Q |
3 | 2 | 6 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 30.74 | Q |
4 | 2 | 5 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 30.79 | Q |
5 | 1 | 4 | Sophie Taylor | England | 30.86 | Q |
6 | 1 | 6 | Kathryn Johnstone | Scotland | 31.12 | Q |
7 | 1 | 2 | Lorna Tonks | Australia | 31.44 | Q |
8 | 2 | 7 | Andrea Strachan | Scotland | 31.52 | Q |
9 | 2 | 3 | Sycerika McMahon | Northern Ireland | 31.56 | |
10 | 1 | 3 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 31.60 | |
11 | 1 | 7 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 32.05 | |
12 | 2 | 2 | Tara-Lynn Nicholas | South Africa | 32.32 | |
13 | 2 | 1 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.47 | |
14 | 2 | 8 | Samantha Yeo | Singapore | 32.83 | |
15 | 1 | 8 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 33.38 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | Bethan Sloan | Wales | 33.87 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.59 | ||
4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.67 | ||
6 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 30.75 | ||
4 | 2 | Sophie Taylor | England | 31.08 | |
5 | 3 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 31.22 | |
6 | 7 | Kathryn Johnstone | Scotland | 31.47 | |
7 | 1 | Lorna Tonks | Australia | 31.48 | |
8 | 8 | Andrea Strachan | Scotland | 31.99 |
References
[edit]- ^ Hammond, Ashley (31 July 2014). "UAE-based Pakistani swimmer Lianna Swan breaks records at Commonwealth Games". Gulf News. Dubai: Al Nisr Publishing. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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