Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats & semis)
28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors 38 from 27 nations
Winning time 26.76 GR
Medalists
 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa
 Adam Peaty  England
 Christian Sprenger  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 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
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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty England 27.00 Q, GR
2 4 4 van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh South Africa 27.39 Q
3 5 5 Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch Scotland 27.44 Q
4 3 4 Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders New Zealand 27.45 Q
5 5 4 Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger Australia 27.57 Q
6 3 5 Tully, MarkMark Tully Scotland 27.77 Q
7 4 3 Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead Scotland 27.90 Q
8 5 6 Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness Wales 27.93 Q
9 5 3 Funk, RichardRichard Funk Canada 28.02 Q
10 3 3 Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal India 28.17 Q
11 4 6 Wilby, JamesJames Wilby England 28.36 Q
12 5 2 Tandy, BradleyBradley Tandy South Africa 28.57 Q
13 3 6 Black, IanIan Black Jersey 28.64 Q
14 5 7 Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson Northern Ireland 28.92 Q
15 4 7 Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes Bahamas 29.08 Q
16 3 2 To, KennethKenneth To Australia 29.17 Q
17 4 2 Yap, ShaunShaun Yap Malaysia 29.60
18 4 1 Malani, MeliMeli Malani Fiji 29.87
=19 3 7 Ebanks, DavidDavid Ebanks Cayman Islands 30.04
5 8 Belton, LukeLuke Belton Guernsey
21 4 8 Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes Kenya 30.08
22 3 8 Axiotis, AlexandrosAlexandros Axiotis Zambia 30.25
23 2 5 Davies, GuyGuy Davies Isle of Man 30.28
24 5 1 Cheong, ChristopherChristopher Cheong Singapore 30.50
25 3 1 Hollingsworth, ThomasThomas Hollingsworth Guernsey 30.64
26 2 4 Pragassa, ToryTory Pragassa Kenya 30.73
27 2 6 Ollivierre, CoreyCorey Ollivierre Grenada 31.12
28 2 7 Dougan, KyleKyle Dougan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.16
29 2 3 Bensadon, ColinColin Bensadon Gibraltar 31.90
30 1 4 Shone, MatthewMatthew Shone Zambia 32.08
31 1 6 Hopkin, AndrewAndrew Hopkin Grenada 32.89
32 2 2 Sylvester, NikolasNikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.49
33 2 1 Smith, J'airJ'air Smith Antigua and Barbuda 33.62
34 2 8 Ekirikubinza, JoshuaJoshua Ekirikubinza Uganda 33.72
35 1 5 Hoare, MarkMark Hoare Swaziland 33.77
36 1 2 Cadogan, ShaneShane Cadogan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.00
37 1 7 Rukundo, PatrickPatrick Rukundo Rwanda 34.33
38 1 3 Fakir, ShakilShakil Fakir Mozambique 59.99 DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh South Africa 26.80 Q, GR
2 2 4 Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty England 26.99 Q
3 2 3 Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger Australia 27.11 Q
4 1 3 Tully, MarkMark Tully Scotland 27.37 Q
5 2 5 Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch Scotland 27.41 Q
6 1 5 Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders New Zealand 27.43 Q
7 2 6 Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead Scotland 27.73 Q
8 2 2 Funk, RichardRichard Funk Canada 27.93 Q
9 1 2 Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal India 28.12
10 1 6 Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness Wales 28.26
11 2 7 Wilby, JamesJames Wilby England 28.60
=12 1 1 Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson Northern Ireland 28.87
2 1 Black, IanIan Black Jersey
14 1 8 To, KennethKenneth To Australia 29.33
15 2 8 Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes Bahamas 29.53
16 1 7 Tandy, BradleyBradley Tandy South Africa 59.99 DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh South Africa 26.76 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty England 26.78
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger Australia 27.46
4 6 Tully, MarkMark Tully Scotland 27.47
5 7 Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders New Zealand 27.53
6 2 Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch Scotland 27.65
7 1 Welstead, JoeJoe Welstead Scotland 27.99
8 8 Funk, RichardRichard Funk Canada 28.21

References

  1. ↑ "SA's Cameron tops himself and grabs the gold". Independent Online (South Africa). 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". Swimming World Magazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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