Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
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Men's 50 metre breaststroke | ||||||||||
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Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 27 July 2014 28 July 2014 (final) |
(heats & semis)|||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 27 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 26.76 GR | |||||||||
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 | ||||
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 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Dr. Sharad Rao, Honorary Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Prof. Lorne Crerar, Chairman of Harper Macleod.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
World record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 | [1][2] |
Games record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 27.18 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 | [3] |
Commonwealth record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Heat | Adam Peaty | England | 27.00 | GR |
27 July | Semifinal | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.80 | GR |
28 July | Final | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.76 | GR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.80 | Q, GR |
2 | 2 | 4 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.99 | Q |
3 | 2 | 3 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.11 | Q |
4 | 1 | 3 | Mark Tully | Scotland | 27.37 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 27.41 | Q |
6 | 1 | 5 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.43 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Joe Welstead | Scotland | 27.73 | Q |
8 | 2 | 2 | Richard Funk | Canada | 27.93 | Q |
9 | 1 | 2 | Sandeep Sejwal | India | 28.12 | |
10 | 1 | 6 | Robert Holderness | Wales | 28.26 | |
11 | 2 | 7 | James Wilby | England | 28.60 | |
=12 | 1 | 1 | Michael Dawson | Northern Ireland | 28.87 | |
2 | 1 | Ian Black | Jersey | |||
14 | 1 | 8 | Kenneth To | Australia | 29.33 | |
15 | 2 | 8 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 29.53 | |
1 | 7 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa | DSQ |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.76 | GR | |
5 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.78 | ||
3 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.46 | ||
4 | 6 | Mark Tully | Scotland | 27.47 | |
5 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.53 | |
6 | 2 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 27.65 | |
7 | 1 | Joe Welstead | Scotland | 27.99 | |
8 | 8 | Richard Funk | Canada | 28.21 |