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

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors 35 from 23 nations
Winning time 30.59
Medalists
    Australia
    Jamaica
    Scotland

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

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

World record Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)29.48Barcelona, Spain3 August 2013
Commonwealth record'
Games record Jade Edmistone (AUS)30.51Melbourne, Australia16 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 JulySemifinalAlia Atkinson Jamaica30.17GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Alia Atkinson Jamaica30.49Q
244Sophie Taylor England30.56Q
335Corrie Scott Scotland30.64Q
454Leiston Pickett Australia30.70Q
546Sycerika McMahon Northern Ireland31.12Q
655Sally Hunter Australia31.13Q
753Tera van Beilen Canada31.31Q
843Kathryn Johnstone Scotland31.38Q
956Tara-Lynn Nicholas South Africa31.48Q
1045Lorna Tonks Australia31.70Q
1133Andrea Strachan Scotland31.90Q
1236Laura Kinley Isle of Man31.97Q
1352Molly Renshaw England32.72Q
1438Bethan Sloan Wales33.22Q
1557Samantha Yeo Singapore33.26Q
1647Niamh Robinson Isle of Man33.28Q
1732Erika Kong Malaysia33.51
1842Christina Loh Malaysia33.64
1922Rebecca Kamau Kenya33.83
2023Jamila Lunkuse Uganda34.62
2141Irene Chrysostomou Cyprus34.68
2231Izzy Joachim Saint Vincent and the Grenadines34.80
2337Tilka Paljk Zambia35.19
2425Lianna Swan Pakistan35.72NR[1]
2524Oreoluwa Cherebin Grenada35.78
2627Mahfuza Khatun Bangladesh35.88
2758Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh Malaysia35.95
2851Barbara Vali-Skelton Papua New Guinea36.13
2948Tegan McCarthy Papua New Guinea36.32
3028Jocelyn Flynn Papua New Guinea36.44
3121Nadeera Jayasekera Sri Lanka36.52
3215Martha Opiyo Kenya36.81
3314Mariam Foum Tanzania37.61
3426Anum Bandey Pakistan38.93
3513Aishath Sajina Maldives40.81

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Alia Atkinson Jamaica30.17Q, GR
215Leiston Pickett Australia30.64Q
326Tera van Beilen Canada30.74Q
425Corrie Scott Scotland30.79Q
514Sophie Taylor England30.86Q
616Kathryn Johnstone Scotland31.12Q
712Lorna Tonks Australia31.44Q
827Andrea Strachan Scotland31.52Q
923Sycerika McMahon Northern Ireland31.56
1013Sally Hunter Australia31.60
1117Laura Kinley Isle of Man32.05
1222Tara-Lynn Nicholas South Africa32.32
1321Molly Renshaw England32.47
1428Samantha Yeo Singapore32.83
1518Niamh Robinson Isle of Man33.38
1611Bethan Sloan Wales33.87

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Leiston Pickett Australia30.59
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Alia Atkinson Jamaica30.67
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Corrie Scott Scotland30.75
42Sophie Taylor England31.08
53Tera van Beilen Canada31.22
67Kathryn Johnstone Scotland31.47
71Lorna Tonks Australia31.48
88Andrea Strachan Scotland31.99

References

  1. 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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